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Psalm 73:6–8

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6Therefore pride is itheir necklace;

violence covers them as ja garment.

7Their keyes swell out through fatness;

their hearts overflow with follies.

8They scoff and lspeak with malice;

loftily they threaten oppression.

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Cross references

  1. i[Judg. 8:26]
  2. j[Ps. 109:18]
  3. kSee Job 15:27
  4. l[2 Pet. 2:18; Jude 16]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Therefore pride is their necklace;

they clothe themselves with violence.

From their callous hearts comes iniquity;

their evil imaginations have no limits.

They scoff, and speak with malice;

with arrogance they threaten oppression.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

They mock, and they speak maliciously;

they arrogantly threaten oppression.

NLTNew Living Translation

They wear pride like a jeweled necklace

and clothe themselves with cruelty.

These fat cats have everything

their hearts could ever wish for!

They scoff and speak only evil;

in their pride they seek to crush others.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Therefore pride is their necklace;

an outfit of violence covers them.

Their eye bulges from fat.

Imaginings overflow their heart.

They mock and speak maliciously of oppression;

they speak as though from on high.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression:

They speak loftily.