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Psalm 73:6–7

Therefore pride is itheir necklace;

violence covers them as ja garment.

Their keyes swell out through fatness;

their hearts overflow with follies.

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Psalm 73:6–7 — The New International Version (NIV)

Therefore pride is their necklace;

they clothe themselves with violence.

From their callous hearts comes iniquity;

their evil imaginations have no limits.

Psalm 73:6–7 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain;

Violence covereth them as a garment.

Their eyes stand out with fatness:

They have more than heart could wish.

Psalm 73:6–7 — New Living Translation (NLT)

They wear pride like a jeweled necklace

and clothe themselves with cruelty.

These fat cats have everything

their hearts could ever wish for!

Psalm 73:6–7 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Therefore pride serves as their necklace;

Violence covers them like a garment.

Their eyes bulge with abundance;

They have more than heart could wish.

Psalm 73:6–7 — New Century Version (NCV)

They wear pride like a necklace

and put on violence as their clothing.

They are looking for profits

and do not control their selfish desires.

Psalm 73:6–7 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck;

Violence covereth them as a garment.

Their eyes stand out with fatness:

They have more than heart could wish.

Psalm 73:6–7 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them as a garment; Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:

Psalm 73:6–7 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

That is why they wear arrogance like a necklace 

and acts of violence like clothing. 

Their eyes peer out from their fat faces, 

and their imaginations run wild. 

Psalm 73:6–7 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Therefore, pride is their necklace,

and violence covers them like a garment.

Their eyes bulge out from fatness;

the imaginations of their hearts run wild.

Psalm 73:6–7 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Therefore pride is their necklace;

violence covers them like a garment.

Their eyes swell out with fatness;

their hearts overflow with follies.

Psalm 73:6–7 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Therefore pride is their necklace;

an outfit of violence covers them.

Their eye bulges from fat.

Imaginings overflow their heart.

Psalm 73:6–7 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Their pride is like a necklace.

They put on meanness as if it were their clothes.

Many sins come out of their hard and stubborn hearts.

There is no limit to their proud and evil thoughts.

Psalm 73:6–7 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Therefore pride is their necklace;

The garment of violence covers them.

Their eye bulges from fatness;

The imaginations of their heart run riot.


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