Psalms 12:8

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 of Jehovah are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, Purified seven times. 7Thou wilt keep them, O Jehovah, Thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever. The wicked walk on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

Psalms 12:8 word by word

סָבִ֗יב רְשָׁעִ֥ים יִתְהַלָּכ֑וּן כְּרֻ֥ם זֻ֝לּ֗וּת לִבְנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 12:8

• Proverbs 29:12If a ruler hearkeneth to falsehood, All his servants are wicked.
• Hosea 5:11Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; because he was content to walk after man’s command.
• Micah 6:16For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I may make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing: and ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
• Judges 9:18and ye are risen up against my father’s house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maid-servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother);
• 1 Samuel 18:17And Saul said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight Jehovah’s battles. For Saul said, Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
• Esther 3:6But he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
• Isaiah 32:4And the heart of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
• Mark 14:63And the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What further need have we of witnesses?
• Job 30:8They arechildren of fools, yea, children of base men; They were scourged out of the land.
• Daniel 11:21And in his place shall stand up a contemptible person, to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom: but he shall come in time of security, and shall obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

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