God’s Word Translation
Psalms 73:6
6That is why they wear arrogance like a necklace and acts of violence like clothing.
Psalms 73:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
- New International Version (NIV)Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore pride serves as their necklace; Violence covers them like a garment.
Context of Psalms 73:6
4They suffer no pain. Their bodies are healthy. 5They have no drudgery in their lives like ordinary people. They are not plagued ⌞with problems⌟ like others. That is why they wear arrogance like a necklace and acts of violence like clothing. 7Their eyes peer out from their fat faces, and their imaginations run wild. 8They ridicule. They speak maliciously. They speak arrogantly about oppression.
Read all of Psalms 73Psalms 73:6 word by word
לָ֭כֵן עֲנָקַ֣תְמוֹ גַאֲוָ֑ה יַעֲטָף־שִׁ֝֗ית חָמָ֥ס לָֽמוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 73:6
- Deuteronomy 8:13Your herds and flocks, silver and gold, and everything else you have will increase.
- Deuteronomy 32:15Jeshurun got fat and disrespectful. (You got fat! You were stuffed! You were gorged!) They abandoned the God who made them and treated the rock of their salvation like a fool.
- Esther 3:1Later, King Xerxes promoted Haman. (Haman was the son of Hammedatha and was from Agag.) He gave Haman a position higher in authority than all the other officials who were with him.
- Esther 5:9When Haman left that day, he was happy and feeling good. But when Haman saw Mordecai at the king’s gate, neither getting up nor trembling in his presence, Haman was furious with Mordecai.
- Job 21:7“Why do the wicked go on living, grow old, and even become more powerful?
- Ecclesiastes 8:11When a sentence against a crime isn’t carried out quickly, people are encouraged to commit crimes.
- Jeremiah 48:11“Moab has lived securely ever since it was young. Its people are like wine left to settle in a jar. They aren’t poured from one jar to another. They haven’t gone into captivity. That is why its flavor has remained the same, and its aroma hasn’t changed.
- Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: In your arrogance you say, “I’m a god. I sit on God’s throne in the sea.” But you’re only human and not a god, although you think you are a god.
- Daniel 4:30The king thought, “Look how great Babylon is! I built the royal palace by my own impressive power and for my glorious honor.”
- Judges 8:26The gold earrings Gideon had asked for weighed 40 pounds. This did not include the half-moon ornaments, the earrings, the purple clothes worn by the kings of Midian, and the chains from their camels’ necks.
- Proverbs 1:9because discipline and teachings are a graceful garland on your head and a ⌞golden⌟ chain around your neck.
- Isaiah 3:19pendants, bracelets, scarfs,
- Ezekiel 16:11I gave you jewelry. I put bracelets on your wrists and a necklace around your neck.
- Proverbs 3:31Do not envy a violent person. Do not choose any of his ways.
- Proverbs 4:17They eat food obtained through wrongdoing and drink wine obtained through violence.
- Micah 2:1How horrible it will be for those who invent trouble and work out plans for disaster while in bed. When the morning dawns, they carry out their plans because they are able to.
Commentaries on Psalms 73:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Pride compasseth them about as a chain - Perhaps there is an allusion here to the office which some of them bore. Chains of gold, and golden rings, were ensigns of magistracy and civil power. As these chains encompassed their necks, or the rings their wrists and fingers, as the signs of the offices in virtue of which they acted; so חמס chamas, violence, oppressive conduct, encompassed them. They made no other use of their great power, than to oppress the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain - Therefore they are proud, haughty, imperious. They put on the ornaments and trappings of pride; their clothing and their adorning all are indicative of a proud heart. They seem to imagine that they are better than others, and that they are treated in this manner “because” they are better than others. In the original it is a single word which is rendered “compasseth about as a chain.” The word means “to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Proud people choose pride and cruelty over wisdom (Proverbs 1:9).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
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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
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