English Standard Version
Psalms 10:4
4In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, "There is no God."
Psalms 10:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
- New International Version (NIV)In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God; God is in none of his thoughts.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The wicked are too proud to seek God. They seem to think that God is dead.
Context of Psalms 10:4
2In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised. 3For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul, and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the Lord. In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, "There is no God." 5His ways prosper at all times; your judgments are on high, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he puffs at them. 6He says in his heart, "I shall not be moved; throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity."
Read all of Psalms 10Psalms 10:4 word by word
רָשָׁ֗ע כְּגֹ֣בַהּ אַ֭פּוֹ בַּל־יִדְרֹ֑שׁ אֵ֥ין אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים כָּל־מְזִמּוֹתָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 10:4
- Psalms 18:27For you save a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down.
- Psalms 101:5Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.
- Proverbs 6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
- Proverbs 21:4Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin.
- Proverbs 30:13There are those—how lofty are their eyes, how high their eyelids lift!
- Isaiah 2:11The haughty looks of man shall be brought low, and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled, and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
- Isaiah 3:9For the look on their faces bears witness against them; they proclaim their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil on themselves.
- Psalms 14:2The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.
- Psalms 27:8You have said, "Seek my face." My heart says to you, "Your face, Lord, do I seek."
- Exodus 5:2But Pharaoh said, "Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and moreover, I will not let Israel go."
- Deuteronomy 8:14then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery,
- Job 22:17They said to God, 'Depart from us,' and 'What can the Almighty do to us?'
- Proverbs 30:9lest I be full and deny you and say, "Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God.
- Jeremiah 2:31And you, O generation, behold the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Why then do my people say, 'We are free, we will come no more to you'?
- Daniel 5:22And you his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this,
- Zephaniah 2:3Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands; seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the Lord.
Commentaries on Psalms 10:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Will not seek after God - He is too proud to bend his knee before his Judge; he is too haughty to put on sackcloth, and lay himself in the dust, though without deep repentance and humiliation he must without doubt perish everlastingly.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4The wicked, through the pride of his countenance - In consequence of his pride; or, his pride is the reason of what is here stated. The “pride of his countenance” is a phrase that is used because pride shows itself mainly in the countenance, or in a lofty air and manner. The design is to state the influence of pride in producing the effect here specified. Will not seek after God - The phrase “after God,” is supplied by our translators. Something clearly…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4there is no God: See Psalms 10:11; 14:1.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. The face expresses the self-conceit, whose fruit is practical atheism (Psa 14:1).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 10
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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