Psalms 74:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.”
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“They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.”
King James Version · Public Domain“They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“They said in their hearts, `Let us oppress them together,' They did burn all the meeting-places of God in the land.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 74:8 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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 2:5Then the sons of the prophets at Jericho came up 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.
- 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.
- Psalms 83:4saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
- Psalms 83:5For with one mind they plot together, they form an alliance against You—
- Psalms 137:7Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
- 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.
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