Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 94:8
8Pay attention, you stupid people! Fools, when will you be wise?
Psalms 94:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
- New International Version (NIV)Take notice, you senseless ones among the people; you fools, when will you become wise?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Understand, O dullest of the people! Fools, when will you be wise?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Understand, you senseless among the people; And you fools, when will you be wise?
Context of Psalms 94:8
6They kill the widow and the resident alien and murder the fatherless. 7They say, “The Lord doesn’t see it. The God of Jacob doesn’t pay attention.” Pay attention, you stupid people! Fools, when will you be wise? 9Can the one who shaped the ear not hear, the one who formed the eye not see? 10The one who instructs nations, the one who teaches mankind knowledge — does he not discipline?
Read all of Psalms 94Psalms 94:8 word by word
בִּ֭ינוּ בֹּעֲרִ֣ים בָּעָ֑ם וּ֝כְסִילִ֗ים מָתַ֥י תַּשְׂכִּֽילוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 94:8
- Psalms 49:19he will go to the generation of his ancestors; they will never see the light.
- Psalms 73:22I was stupid and didn’t understand; I was an unthinking animal toward you.
- Psalms 92:6A stupid person does not know, a fool does not understand this:
- Proverbs 12:1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but one who hates correction is stupid.
- 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 8:6I have paid careful attention. They do not speak what is right. No one regrets his evil, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has stayed his course like a horse rushing into battle.
- Jeremiah 10:8They are both stupid and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
- Romans 3:11There is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God.
- Deuteronomy 32:29If only they were wise, they would comprehend this; they would understand their fate.
- Proverbs 1:22“How long, inexperienced ones, will you love ignorance? How long will you mockers enjoy mocking and you fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 8:5Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced; develop common sense, you who are foolish.
Commentaries on Psalms 94:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Understand, ye brutish - These are the same expressions as in Psalm 92:6; (note), on which see the note.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Understand, ye brutish among the people - See Psalm 73:22. The meaning here is, “You who are like the brutes; you who see and understand no more of the character and plans of God than the wild beasts of the desert.” The meaning is, that they did not employ their reason in the case; they acted like beasts, regardless of the consequences of their conduct - as if God would treat people as he does the beasts; as if there were no retribution in the future…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-11The writer of the psalm corrects people for acting foolishly.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. ye brutish--(Compare Psa 73:22; 92:6).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 94
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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