Psalms 73:4

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 were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipped; 3For I was envious at the arrogant, seeing the prosperity of the wicked. For they have no pangs in their death, and their body is well nourished; 5They have not the hardships of mankind, neither are they plagued like [other] men: 6Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them [as] a garment;

Psalms 73:4 word by word

כִּ֤י אֵ֖ין חַרְצֻבּ֥וֹת לְמוֹתָ֗ם וּבָרִ֥יא אוּלָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• deathמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194

Cross-references for Psalms 73:4

• Psalms 17:14From men [who are] thy hand, O Jehovah, from men of this age: their portion is in [this] life, and their belly thou fillest with thy hid [treasure]; they have their fill of sons, and leave the rest of their [substance] to their children.
• Job 21:23One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet;
• Job 24:20The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him: he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree, —
• Ecclesiastes 2:16For there shall be no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; because everything is already forgotten in the days which come. And how dieth the wise even as the fool?
• Ecclesiastes 7:15All [this] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a righteous [man] that perisheth by his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his days] by his wickedness.
• Luke 16:22And it came to pass that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the angels into the bosom of Abraham. And the rich man also died and was buried.
• Psalms 17:10They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly.

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

Topics related to Psalms 73:4

• Blindness
• Death
• Integrity
• Rich, the
• Temptation
• Wicked (People)
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Asaph
• Bands
• Counsel
• Fatness
• Glory
• Loftily
• Manasseh
• Mouth
• Psalms
• Receive

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