Tree of Life Version
Psalms 80:13
13Why have You broken down its fences, so all who pass by the way pick its fruit?
Psalms 80:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
- New International Version (NIV)Boars from the forest ravage it, and insects from the fields feed on it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The boar from the forest ravages it, and all that move in the field feed on it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The boar out of the woods uproots it, And the wild beast of the field devours it.
Context of Psalms 80:13
11The mountains were covered by its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches. 12It sent out its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the river. Why have You broken down its fences, so all who pass by the way pick its fruit? 14A boar from the forest ravages it, whatever moves in the field feeds on it. 15Elohei-Tzva’ot, please return! Look down from heaven and see! Now take care of this vine—
Read all of Psalms 80Psalms 80:13 word by word
יְכַרְסְמֶ֣נָּֽה חֲזִ֣יר מִיָּ֑עַר וְזִ֖יז שָׂדַ֣י יִרְעֶֽנָּה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 80:13
- 2 Kings 18:9Now it came to pass in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of King Elah of Israel, that King Shalmaneser of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it,
- 2 Kings 19:1When King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the House of Adonai.
- 2 Kings 24:1In his days, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded, so Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. But he turned and rebelled against him.
- 2 Kings 25:1Now it came to pass in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his entire army advanced against Jerusalem, set up camp by it, and built a siege wall all around it.
- 2 Chronicles 32:1After these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He encamped against the fortified cities, intending to break into them for himself.
- 2 Chronicles 36:1Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in Jerusalem in his father’s place.
- Jeremiah 4:7A lion has come up from his thicket— a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his place to make your land a wasteland. Your cities will lie in ruins, without inhabitant.
- Jeremiah 39:1Now when Jerusalem was captured, in the ninth year of King Zedekiah of Judah, in the tenth month, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and all his army advanced against Jerusalem, and besieged it.
- Jeremiah 51:34“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me, crushed me, set me aside like an empty dish, swallowed me up like a dragon, filled his belly with my delicacies, rinsed me away.”
- Jeremiah 52:7Then the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled, going out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was near the king’s garden—even though the Chaldeans were all around the city. They were heading along the way of the Arabah.
Commentaries on Psalms 80:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13The boar out of the wood - Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, who was a fierce and cruel sovereign. The allusion is plain. The wild hops and buffaloes make sad havoc in the fields of the Hindoos, and in their orchards: to keep them out, men are placed at night on covered stages in the fields.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13The boar out of the wood - Men come in and ravage the land, whose character may be compared with the wild boar. The word rendered boar means simply swine. The addition of the phrase “out of the wood” determines its meaning here, and shows that the reference is to wild or untamed swine; swine that roam the woods - an animal always extremely fierce and savage. Doth waste it - The word used here occurs nowhere else. It means to cut down or cut off; to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-16Verses 8-16 The church is represented as a vine and a vineyard. The root of this vine is Christ, the branches are believers. The church is like a vine, needing support, but spreading and fruitful. If a vine do not bring forth fruit, no tree is so worthless. And are not we planted as in a well-cultivated garden, with every means of being fruitful in works of righteousness? But the useless leaves of profession, and the empty boughs of notions and forms…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13The surrounding nations were ceremonially unclean, like a wild boar or vicious wild animals.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. The boar--may represent the ravaging Assyrian and the wild beast--other heathen.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 80
- 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
- EGW Writings
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