Psalm 107:16
New International Version
for he breaks down gates of bronze and cuts through bars of iron.

New Living Translation
For he broke down their prison gates of bronze; he cut apart their bars of iron.

English Standard Version
For he shatters the doors of bronze and cuts in two the bars of iron.

Berean Standard Bible
For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

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

New King James Version
For He has broken the gates of bronze, And cut the bars of iron in two.

New American Standard Bible
For He has shattered gates of bronze And cut off bars of iron.

NASB 1995
For He has shattered gates of bronze And cut bars of iron asunder.

NASB 1977
For He has shattered gates of bronze, And cut bars of iron asunder.

Legacy Standard Bible
For He has shattered the doors of bronze And cut through the bars of iron.

Amplified Bible
For He has shattered the gates of bronze And cut the bars of iron apart.

Christian Standard Bible
For he has broken down the bronze gates and cut through the iron bars.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For He has broken down the bronze gates and cut through the iron bars.

American Standard Version
For he hath broken the gates of brass, And cut the bars of iron in sunder.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because he shattered the gates of brass and has cut down the bars of iron.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For he broke to pieces the brazen gates, and crushed the iron bars.

Contemporary English Version
He breaks down bronze gates and shatters iron locks.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Because he hath broken gates of brass, and burst the iron bars.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He shattered bronze gates and cut iron bars in two.

Good News Translation
He breaks down doors of bronze and smashes iron bars.

International Standard Version
For he shattered bronze gates and cut through iron bars.

JPS Tanakh 1917
For He hath broken the gates of brass, And cut the bars of iron in sunder.

Literal Standard Version
For He has broken doors of bronze, | And He has cut bars of iron.

Majority Standard Bible
For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

New American Bible
For he broke down the gates of bronze and snapped the bars of iron.

NET Bible
For he shattered the bronze gates, and hacked through the iron bars.

New Revised Standard Version
For he shatters the doors of bronze, and cuts in two the bars of iron.

New Heart English Bible
For he has broken the gates of bronze, and cut through bars of iron.

Webster's Bible Translation
For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron asunder.

World English Bible
For he has broken the gates of bronze, and cut through bars of iron.

Young's Literal Translation
For He hath broken doors of brass, And bars of iron He hath cut.

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Context
Give Thanks to the LORD, for He is Good
15Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men. 16For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron. 17Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.…

Cross References
Isaiah 45:1
This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:

Isaiah 45:2
"I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

Jeremiah 28:13
"Go and tell Hananiah that this is what the LORD says: 'You have broken a yoke of wood, but in its place you have fashioned a yoke of iron.'


Treasury of Scripture

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

Judges 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 them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.

Isaiah 45:1,2
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 shall not be shut; …

Micah 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.

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Psalm 107
1. The psalmist exhorts the redeemed in praising God to observe his manifold providence
4. Over travelers
10. Over captives
17. Over sick men
23. Over sailors
33. And in diverse varieties of life.














-16Isaiah 45:2 was present to the poet's mind.

Virgil's picture of the shrine of war ('n. vii. 607) has been compared to this.

Verse 16. - For he hath broken the gates of brass. God completely liberates the un happy ones who turn to him; removes every restraint that confines and galls them; breaks on their behalf, as it were, "gates of brass." And cut the bars of iron in sunder. Snaps fetters and prison bars.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For
כִּֽי־ (kî·ši-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

He has broken down
שִׁ֭בַּר (bar)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7665: To break, break in pieces

the gates
דַּלְת֣וֹת (dal·ṯō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 1817: Something swinging, the valve of a, door

of bronze
נְחֹ֑שֶׁת (nə·ḥō·šeṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5178: Copper, something made of that metal, coin, a fetter, base

and cut through
גִּדֵּֽעַ׃ (gid·dê·a‘)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1438: To fell a, tree, to destroy anything

the bars
וּבְרִיחֵ֖י (ū·ḇə·rî·ḥê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1280: A bolt

of iron.
בַרְזֶ֣ל (ḇar·zel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1270: Iron, an iron implement


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