Psalms 107:16

For he brake in pieces the doors of bronze, And, the bars of iron, he hewed asunder.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

In Context

15Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men!

17The perverse, by reason of their transgression, and on account of their iniquities, are afflicted;

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Cross References

Judges 16:3And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and of the two doorposts, and tare them away, with the bar, and put them on his shoulders,—and carried them up to the top of the hill that faceth Hebron.

Isaiah 45:2I, before thee, will go, And the hills, will I level—The doors of bronze, will I break in pieces, And the bars of iron, will I cut asunder;

Matthew Henry on Psalms 107:11-17

The Divine Goodness towards Prisoners. 10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; 11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High: 12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help. 13 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder. 15 Oh… Read the whole commentary →

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