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Psalm 73:6–8

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6Therefore lofty pride is atheir necklace;

The bgarment of violence covers them.

7Their eye 1bulges from afatness;

The delusions of their heart overflow.

8They ascoff and 1wickedly speak of oppression;

They bspeak from on high.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit goes forth
  2. 1Or they speak in wickedness; From on high they speak of oppression

Cross references

  1. aGen 41:42; Prov 1:9
  2. bPs 109:18
  3. aJob 15:27; Ps 17:10; Jer 5:28
  4. aPs 1:1
  5. bPs 17:10; 2 Pet 2:18; Jude 16

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Therefore pride is their necklace;

violence covers them as a garment.

Their eyes swell out through fatness;

their hearts overflow with follies.

They scoff and speak with malice;

loftily they threaten oppression.

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.