Psalms 53:4

Psalms 53:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
• New International Version (NIV)Do all these evildoers know nothing? They devour my people as though eating bread; they never call on God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Have those who work evil no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon God?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And do not call upon God?

Context of Psalms 53:4

2God 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. 3Everyone has fallen away. Together they have become rotten to the core. No one, not even one person, does good things. Are all those troublemakers, those who devour my people as if they were devouring food, so ignorant that they do not call on God? 5There they are—panic-stricken— ⌞but⌟ there was no reason to panic, because God has scattered the bones of those who set up camp against you. You put them to shame. After all, God has rejected them. 6If only salvation for Israel would come from Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, Jacob will rejoice. Israel will be glad.

Psalms 53:4 word by word

הֲלֹ֥א יָדְעוּ֮ פֹּ֤עֲלֵ֫י אָ֥וֶן אֹכְלֵ֣י עַ֭מִּי אָ֣כְלוּ לֶ֑חֶם אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים לֹ֣א קָרָֽאוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Have the workersפָּעַלpâ‛al · to workH6466
• of iniquityאָ֫וֶן'âven · evil: wickednessH205
• no knowledgeיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• who eat upאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
• they have not calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• upon Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Psalms 53:4

• Psalms 94:8Pay attention, you stupid people! When will you become wise, you fools?
• Isaiah 27:11When the branches are dried up, they will be broken off. Women will come and build a fire with them. These people don’t understand ⌞these things⌟. That is why their maker won’t have compassion on them, and their Creator won’t have pity on them.
• Jeremiah 4:22“My people are fools. They don’t know me. They are stupid people. They don’t understand. They are experts in doing wrong, and they don’t know how to do good.”
• Matthew 23:17You blind fools! What is more important, the gold or the temple that made the gold holy?
• Psalms 27:2Evildoers closed in on me to tear me to pieces. My opponents and enemies stumbled and fell.
• Jeremiah 10:25Pour out your fury on the nations who don’t know you and on people who don’t worship you. They have devoured the descendants of Jacob. They have devoured them completely. They have destroyed their homes.
• Revelation 17:16The ten horns and the beast you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her abandoned and naked. They will eat her flesh and burn her up in a fire.

Commentaries on Psalms 53:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Have the workers of iniquity - For פעלי , poaley, workers seventy-two of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., with several ancient editions, the Chaldee, though not noticed in the Latin translation in the London Polyglot, the Syriac, Vulgate, Septuagint, Ethiopic, and the Arabic, with the Anglo-Saxon, add the word כל col, all, - All the workers of iniquity; which is the reading in the parallel place in Psalm 14:1-7; : It may be necessary to observe, that the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? - See the notes at Psalm 14:4. The only change in this verse is in the omission of the word “all.” This word, as it occurs in Psalm 14:1-7 (“all the workers of iniquity”), makes the sentence stronger and more emphatic. It is designed to affirm in the most absolute and unqualified manner that none of these workers of iniquity had any true knowledge of God. This has been noticed by critics as the only instance in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-6This psalm is similar to Psalm 14, with differences only in verse 5.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-61-4. with few verbal changes, correspond with Psa 14:1-4.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 53:4

• Character
• Godlessness
• Prayerlessness
• Wicked (People)

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Commentaries on Psalms 53

• 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