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Psalms 12:8
8The wicked strut about [in pompous self-importance] on every side, As vileness is exalted and baseness is prized among the sons of men.
Psalms 12:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
- New International Version (NIV)who freely strut about when what is vile is honored by the human race.
- English Standard Version (ESV)On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among the children of man.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The wicked prowl on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
Context of Psalms 12:8
6The words and promises of the Lord are pure words, Like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times. 7You, O Lord, will preserve and keep them; You will protect him from this [evil] generation forever. The wicked strut about [in pompous self-importance] on every side, As vileness is exalted and baseness is prized among the sons of men.
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סָבִ֗יב רְשָׁעִ֥ים יִתְהַלָּכ֑וּן כְּרֻ֥ם זֻ֝לּ֗וּת לִבְנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 12:8
- Proverbs 29:12If a ruler pays attention to lies [and encourages corruption], All his officials will become wicked.
- Hosea 5:11Ephraim is oppressed; he is broken and crushed by [divine] judgment, Because he was determined to follow man’s command (vanities, filth, secular precepts).
- Micah 6:16For [you have kept] the statutes of Omri [the idolatrous king], And all the works of the [wicked] house (dynasty) of Ahab; And you walk in their counsels and policies. Therefore, I shall hand you over for destruction and horror And your [city’s] inhabitants for ridicule, And you shall bear the rebuke and scorn of My people.”
- Judges 9:18but you have risen against my father’s house today and have murdered his sons, seventy men, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, son of his maidservant, king over the people of Shechem, because he is your relative—
- 1 Samuel 18:17Then Saul said to David, “Behold I will give you my older daughter Merab as a wife; only be brave for me and fight the Lord’s battles.” For Saul thought, “My hand shall not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
- Esther 3:6But he disdained laying hands on Mordecai alone, for they had told him who the people of Mordecai were (his nationality); so Haman determined to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who lived throughout the kingdom of Ahasuerus.
- Isaiah 32:4The heart (mind) of those who act impulsively will discern the truth, And the tongue of the stammerers will hurry to speak clearly.
- Mark 14:63Then tearing his robe [to express his indignation], the high priest said, “What further need do we have of witnesses?
- Job 30:8They are the sons of [worthless and nameless] fools, They have been driven out of the land.
- Daniel 11:21And in his place [in Syria] will arise a despicable and despised person, to whom royal majesty and the honor of kingship have not been conferred, but he will come [without warning] in a time of tranquility and seize the kingdom by intrigue.
Commentaries on Psalms 12:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8The wicked walk on every side - The land is full of them. When the vilest men are exalted; rather, As villany gains ground among the sons of Adam. See the Hebrew. The Vulgate has, "In circuito impii ambulant; secundum altitudinem tuam multiplicasti filios hominum;" which is thus translated and paraphrased in my old MS.: - Trans. In umgang wiked gos: eftir thy heenes thu has multiplied the sons of man. Par - Us thy kepes; bot wiked gas in umgang; that es…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The wicked walk on every side - Everywhere. They have full license, or seem to be wholly unrestrained. When the vilest men are exalted - Margin, “The vilest of the sons of men are exalted.” This expression has been very variously translated. Dr. Horsley renders it, “When the scorn of the sons of men is exalted.” De Wette, “They exalt themselves; terror to the sons of men.” Luther, “Where such wicked people rule among the sons of men.” Hengstenberg, “Like…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8Those who follow God know that he cares, even when the wicked oppress them. God sees the corrupt and foolish people who praise those who do evil (see Psalms 9:19–20; 14:2–6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. The wicked roam undisturbed doing evil, when vileness and vile men are exalted.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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