King James Version
Psalms 80:13 in the King James Version says “The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 80 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.”
Psalms 80:13 · KJV
She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“out of the wood”
H3293a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
“doth devour”
H7462to tend a flock; i.e., pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a frie
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