New English Translation
Psalms 94:4
4They spew out threats and speak defiantly; all the evildoers boast.
Psalms 94:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
- New International Version (NIV)They pour out arrogant words; all the evildoers are full of boasting.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They pour out their arrogant words; all the evildoers boast.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They utter speech, and speak insolent things; All the workers of iniquity boast in themselves.
Context of Psalms 94:4
2Rise up, O judge of the earth! Pay back the proud! 3O Lord, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked celebrate? They spew out threats and speak defiantly; all the evildoers boast. 5O Lord, they crush your people; they oppress the nation that belongs to you. 6They kill the widow and the one residing outside his native land, and they murder the fatherless.
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יַבִּ֣יעוּ יְדַבְּר֣וּ עָתָ֑ק יִֽ֝תְאַמְּר֗וּ כָּל־פֹּ֥עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 94:4
- Psalms 31:18May lying lips be silenced – lips that speak defiantly against the innocent with arrogance and contempt!
- Psalms 59:7Look, they hurl insults at me and openly threaten to kill me, for they say, “Who hears?”
- Psalms 64:3They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,
- Psalms 73:8They mock and say evil things; they proudly threaten violence.
- Psalms 140:3Their tongues wound like a serpent; a viper’s venom is behind their lips. (Selah)
- Proverbs 30:14There is a generation whose teeth are like swords and whose molars are like knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among the human race.
- Jeremiah 18:18Then some people said, “Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God’s word. Come on! Let’s bring charges against him and get rid of him! Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says.”
- Matthew 12:24But when the Pharisees heard this they said, “He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons!”
- Jude 1:14Now Enoch, the seventh in descent beginning with Adam, even prophesied of them, saying, “Look! The Lord is coming with thousands and thousands of his holy ones,
- Psalms 10:2The wicked arrogantly chase the oppressed; the oppressed are trapped by the schemes the wicked have dreamed up.
- Psalms 52:1Why do you boast about your evil plans, O powerful man? God’s loyal love protects me all day long!
- Exodus 15:9The enemy said, ‘I will chase, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.’
- Job 21:14So they say to God, ‘Turn away from us! We do not want to know your ways.
- Isaiah 10:13For he says: “By my strong hand I have accomplished this, by my strategy that I devised. I invaded the territory of nations, and looted their storehouses. Like a mighty conqueror, I brought down rulers.
- Isaiah 37:24Through your messengers you taunted the sovereign master, ‘With my many chariots I climbed up the high mountains, the slopes of Lebanon. I cut down its tall cedars and its best evergreens. I invaded its most remote regions, its thickest woods.
- Daniel 7:8“As I was contemplating the horns, another horn – a small one – came up between them, and three of the former horns were torn out by the roots to make room for it. This horn had eyes resembling human eyes and a mouth speaking arrogant things.
Commentaries on Psalms 94:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4They utter and speak - יביאו yabbiu, their hearts get full of pride and insolence; and then, from the abundance of such vile hearts, the mouth speaks; and the speech is of hard things, threatening which they are determined to execute, boastings of their power, authority, etc.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4How long shall they utter and speak hard things? - The word rendered utter means to pour forth - as water from a fountain; to pour forth copiously. The meaning is, that they seemed to be full, and that they poured forth evil words as a fountain pours forth water. The phrase “hard things” means proud, unfeeling, insolent things; things which are unjust, unkind, severe, harsh. And all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? - Boast of their power and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-7After the community suffers at the hands of the wicked (Psalm 94:5–7), they pray for the Lord to bring justice (see Psalm 7:11; 9:12).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-43-4. In an earnest expostulation he expresses his desire that the insolent triumph of the wicked may be ended.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 94
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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