Psalms 53:4

Psalms 53:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
• New International Version (NIV)Do all these evildoers know nothing? They devour my people as though eating bread; they never call on God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Have those who work evil no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon God?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And do not call upon God?

Context of Psalms 53:4

2God looks down from heaven on the human race to see if there is one who is wise, one who seeks God. 3All have turned away; all alike have become corrupt. There is no one who does good, not even one. Will evildoers never understand? They consume my people as they consume bread; they do not call on God. 5Then they will be filled with dread — dread like no other — because God will scatter the bones of those who besiege you. You will put them to shame, for God has rejected them. 6Oh, that Israel’s deliverance would come from Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

Psalms 53:4 word by word

הֲלֹ֥א יָדְעוּ֮ פֹּ֤עֲלֵ֫י אָ֥וֶן אֹכְלֵ֣י עַ֭מִּי אָ֣כְלוּ לֶ֑חֶם אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים לֹ֣א קָרָֽאוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Have the workersפָּעַלpâ‛al · to workH6466
• of iniquityאָ֫וֶן'âven · evil: wickednessH205
• no knowledgeיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• who eat upאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
• they have not calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• upon Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Psalms 53:4

• Psalms 94:8Pay attention, you stupid people! Fools, when will you be wise?
• Isaiah 27:11When its branches dry out, they will be broken off. Women will come and make fires with them, for they are not a people with understanding. Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them, and their Creator will not be gracious to them.
• Jeremiah 4:22“For my people are fools; they do not know me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing what is evil, but they do not know how to do what is good.”
• Matthew 23:17Blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold?
• Psalms 27:2When evildoers came against me to devour my flesh, my foes and my enemies stumbled and fell.
• Jeremiah 10:25Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t recognize you and on the families that don’t call on your name, for they have consumed Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off and made his homeland desolate.
• Revelation 17:16The ten horns you saw, and the beast, will hate the prostitute. They will make her desolate and naked, devour her flesh, and burn her up with fire.

Commentaries on Psalms 53:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Have the workers of iniquity - For פעלי , poaley, workers seventy-two of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., with several ancient editions, the Chaldee, though not noticed in the Latin translation in the London Polyglot, the Syriac, Vulgate, Septuagint, Ethiopic, and the Arabic, with the Anglo-Saxon, add the word כל col, all, - All the workers of iniquity; which is the reading in the parallel place in Psalm 14:1-7; : It may be necessary to observe, that the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? - See the notes at Psalm 14:4. The only change in this verse is in the omission of the word “all.” This word, as it occurs in Psalm 14:1-7 (“all the workers of iniquity”), makes the sentence stronger and more emphatic. It is designed to affirm in the most absolute and unqualified manner that none of these workers of iniquity had any true knowledge of God. This has been noticed by critics as the only instance in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-6This psalm is similar to Psalm 14, with differences only in verse 5.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-61-4. with few verbal changes, correspond with Psa 14:1-4.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 53:4

• Character
• Godlessness
• Prayerlessness
• Wicked (People)

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Commentaries on Psalms 53

• 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