God’s Word Translation
Psalms 10:4
4He turns up his nose ⌞and says⌟, “God doesn’t care.” His every thought ⌞concludes⌟, “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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, "There is no God."
- New King James Version (NKJV)The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God; God is in none of his thoughts.
Context of Psalms 10:4
2The wicked person arrogantly pursues oppressed people. He will be caught in the schemes that he planned. 3The wicked person boasts about his selfish desires. He blesses robbers, but he curses the Lord. He turns up his nose ⌞and says⌟, “God doesn’t care.” His every thought ⌞concludes⌟, “There is no God.” 5He always seems to succeed. Your judgments are beyond his understanding. He spits at all his opponents. 6He says to himself, “Nothing can shake me. I’ll never face any trouble.”
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 18:27You save humble people, but you bring down a conceited look.
- Psalms 101:5I will destroy anyone who secretly slanders his neighbor. I will not tolerate anyone with a conceited look or arrogant heart.
- Proverbs 6:17arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill innocent people,
- Proverbs 21:4A conceited look and an arrogant attitude, which are the lamps of wicked people, are sins.
- Proverbs 30:13A certain kind of person looks around arrogantly and is conceited.
- Isaiah 2:11The eyes of arrogant people will be humbled. High and mighty people will be brought down. On that day the Lord alone will be honored.
- Isaiah 3:9The look on their faces will be held against them. They boast about their sins, which are like ⌞those of the people of⌟ Sodom. They don’t even bother to hide them. How horrible it will be for these people, because they have brought disaster on themselves.
- Psalms 14:2The Lord looks down from heaven on Adam’s descendants to see if there is anyone who acts wisely, if there is anyone who seeks help from God.
- Psalms 27:8⌞When you said,⌟ “Seek my face,” my heart said to you, “O Lord, I will seek your face.”
- Exodus 5:2Pharaoh asked, “Who is the Lord? Why should I obey him and let Israel go? I don’t know the Lord, and I won’t let Israel go.”
- Deuteronomy 8:14When this happens, be careful that you don’t become arrogant and forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of slavery in Egypt.
- Job 22:17They told God, ‘Leave us alone! What can the Almighty do for us?’
- Proverbs 30:9or I may feel satisfied and deny you and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ or I may become poor and steal and give the name of my God a bad reputation.
- Jeremiah 2:31“Consider the Lord’s word, people of this generation. Haven’t I been a desert, a land of thick darkness, for Israel? Why do my people say that they are free to wander around and no longer come to me?
- Daniel 5:22“Belshazzar, you are one of Nebuchadnezzar’s successors. You didn’t remain humble, even though you knew all this.
- Zephaniah 2:3Search for the Lord, all you humble people in the land who carry out his justice. Search for what is right. Search for humility. Maybe you will find shelter on the day of the Lord’s anger.
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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