Psalms 74:8

Psalms 74:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
• New International Version (NIV)They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely!” They burned every place where God was worshiped in the land.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They said to themselves, "We will utterly subdue them"; they burned all the meeting places of God in the land.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They said in their hearts, “Let us destroy them altogether.” They have burned up all the meeting places of God in the land.

Context of Psalms 74:8

6and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks. 7They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name. They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land. 9There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last. 10How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?

Psalms 74:8 word by word

אָמְר֣וּ בְ֭לִבָּם נִינָ֣ם יָ֑חַד שָׂרְפ֖וּ כָל־מוֹעֲדֵי־אֵ֣ל בָּאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear

• They saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• in their heartsלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• We will crush themיָנָהyânâh · to oppressH3238
• completelyיַ֫חַדyachad · unitednessH3162
• They burned downשָׂרַףώâraph · to burnH8313
• everyכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• placeמוֹעֵדmô‛êd mô‛êd mô‛âdâh · meetingH4150
• where God met usאֵל'êl · GodH410
• in the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for Psalms 74:8

• Psalms 83:4saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
• Psalms 137:7Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
• Esther 3:8Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.
• 2 Kings 2:3Then the sons of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do not speak of it.”
• 2 Kings 4:23“Why would you go to him today?” he replied. “It is not a New Moon or a Sabbath.” “Everything is all right,” she said.
• 2 Chronicles 17:9They taught throughout Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law of the LORD. They went throughout the towns of Judah and taught the people.
• Matthew 4:23Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.

Commentaries on Psalms 74:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Let us destroy them - Their object was totally to annihilate the political existence of the Jewish people. They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land - It is supposed that there were no synagogues in the land till after the Babylonish captivity. How then could the Chaldeans burn up any in Judea? The word מועדי moadey, which we translate synagogues, may be taken in a more general sense, and mean any places where religious assemblies were…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8They said in their hearts - They purposed; they designed it. Let us destroy them together - Let us destroy all these buildings, temples, towers, and walls at the same time; let us make an entire destruction of them all. They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land - The phrase “they have burned up” must refer to the places or edifices where assemblies for public worship were held, since it cannot be supposed that the idea is that they had…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-8Like a guide, the psalmist points out to the Lord what took place during the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. together--at once, all alike. synagogues--literally, "assemblies," for places of assembly, whether such as schools of the prophets (2Ki 4:23), or "synagogues" in the usual sense, there is much doubt.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Psalms 74

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary