Psalms 107:16
For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
KJV
For he hath broken the gates of brass, And cut the bars of iron in sunder.
ASV
כִּֽי שִׁ֭בַּר דַּלְת֣וֹת נְחֹ֑שֶׁת וּ/בְרִיחֵ֖י בַרְזֶ֣ל גִּדֵּֽעַ
Hebrew
For He hath broken doors of brass, And bars of iron He hath cut.
YLT
For he has broken the gates of bronze, and cut through bars of iron.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בַּרְזֶל֙
brzl
noun · 76×
דַּלְת֣וֹת
dltvt
noun · 89×
ו
v
noun · 42×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
נְחֹֽשֶׁת
nchsht
noun · 140×
נִגְדְּעוּ֙
ngd'v
verb · 21×
נִשְׁבְּר֥וּ
nshbrv
verb · 149×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Such was the state of affairs during the entire persecution. But in the tenth year, through the grace of God, it ceased altogether, having begun to decrease after the eighth year. For when the divine and heavenly grace showed us favorable and propitious oversight, then truly our rulers, and the very persons by whom the war against us had been earnestly prosecuted, most remar…
Cross-references
- Isa 28:22 — Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
- Isa 45:1 — Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates
- Isa 45:2 — I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
- Jer 40:1 — The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away ca
- Judg 16:3 — And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried t
- Judg 16:3 — And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried t
- Mic 2:13 — The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them.