Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 73:4
4They have an easy time until they die, and their bodies are well fed.
Psalms 73:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
- New International Version (NIV)They have no struggles; their bodies are healthy and strong.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For they have no pangs until death; their bodies are fat and sleek.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For there are no pangs in their death, But their strength is firm.
Context of Psalms 73:4
2But as for me, my feet almost slipped; my steps nearly went astray. 3For I envied the arrogant; I saw the prosperity of the wicked. They have an easy time until they die, and their bodies are well fed. 5They are not in trouble like others; they are not afflicted like most people. 6Therefore, pride is their necklace, and violence covers them like a garment.
Read all of Psalms 73Psalms 73:4 word by word
כִּ֤י אֵ֖ין חַרְצֻבּ֥וֹת לְמוֹתָ֗ם וּבָרִ֥יא אוּלָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 73:4
- Psalms 17:14With your hand, Lord, save me from men, from men of the world whose portion is in this life: You fill their bellies with what you have in store; their sons are satisfied, and they leave their surplus to their children.
- Job 21:23One person dies in excellent health, completely secure and at ease.
- Job 24:20The womb forgets them; worms feed on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is broken like a tree.
- Ecclesiastes 2:16For, just like the fool, there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, since in the days to come both will be forgotten. How is it that the wise person dies just like the fool?
- Ecclesiastes 7:15In my futile life I have seen everything: someone righteous perishes in spite of his righteousness, and someone wicked lives long in spite of his evil.
- Luke 16:22One day the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.
- Psalms 17:10They are uncaring; their mouths speak arrogantly.
Commentaries on Psalms 73:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4No bands in their death - Many of the godly have sore conflicts at their death. Their enemy then thrusts sore at them that they may fall; or that their confidence in their God may be shaken. But of this the ungodly know nothing. Satan will not molest them; he is sure of his prey; they are entangled, and cannot now break their nets; their consciences are seared, they have no sense of guilt. If they think at all of another world, they presume on that mercy…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4For there are no bands in their death - The word rendered “bands” here means properly “cords tightly drawn,” Isaiah 58:6; then, pains, pangs, torments - “as if” one were twisted or tortured with pain, as a cord is closely twisted. The word occurs only in Isaiah 58:6, and in this place. The fact which is here referred to by the psalmist, and which gave him so much uneasiness, was that which so often occurs, that when the wicked die, they do not seem to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-12The psalmist gives an exaggerated picture of the happiness of the wicked (compare Psalm 1).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-93-9. The prosperous wicked are insolently proud (compare Psa 5:5). They die, as well as live, free from perplexities: pride adorns them, and violence is their clothing; indeed they are inflated with unexpected success. With all this--Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 73
- 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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