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 now all its carved work they smash with hatchet and hammers! 7They set Your Sanctuary on fire, burning it to the ground. They defiled the dwelling place of Your Name. They said in their hearts: “Let us crush them totally!” They burned down all the meeting places of God in the land. 9We do not see our signs. No longer is there any prophet— and no one among us knows how long. 10How long, O God, will the adversary mock? Will the enemy revile Your Name forever?

Psalms 74:8 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• They saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• in their heartsלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• Let us destroyיָנָהyânâh · to oppressH3238
• them togetherיַ֫חַדyachad · unitednessH3162
• they have burned upשָׂרַףώâraph · to burnH8313
• all the synagoguesמוֹעֵדmô‛êd mô‛êd mô‛âdâh · meetingH4150
• of Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• in the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for Psalms 74:8

• Psalms 83:4They make a shrewd plot against Your people, conspiring against Your treasured ones.
• Psalms 137:7Remember, Adonai, the children of Edom, what they said on the day Jerusalem fell: “Strip her, strip her to her very foundation!”
• Esther 3:8Haman then said to King Ahasuerus: “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom whose laws differ from those of every other people and who do not obey the king’s laws. It is not in the king’s interest to tolerate them.
• 2 Kings 2:3Then the sons of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that Adonai is going to take your master away from over you today?” He said, “Yes, I know. Be silent.”
• 2 Kings 4:23But he said, “Why are you going to him today? It is neither New Moon nor Shabbat.” But she said, “It will be well.”
• 2 Chronicles 17:9They taught throughout Judah, having with them a Torah scroll of Adonai. They went throughout all the towns of Judah and taught the people.
• Matthew 4:23Yeshua was going throughout all the Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the Good News of the kingdom, and healing every kind of 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

Topics related to Psalms 74:8

• Arson
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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