King James Version
Psalms 89:40 in the King James Version says “Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 89 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.”
Psalms 89:40 · KJV
But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Thou hast broken down”
H6555to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“thou hast brought”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
“his strong holds”
H4013a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender
“to ruin”
H4288properly, a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternation
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