New King James Version
Psalms 10:4
4The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God; God is in none of his thoughts.
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 Living Translation (NLT)The wicked are too proud to seek God. They seem to think that God is dead.
Context of Psalms 10:4
2The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised. 3For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire; He blesses the greedy and renounces the Lord. The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God; God is in none of his thoughts. 5His ways are always prospering; Your judgments are far above, out of his sight; As for all his enemies, he sneers at them. 6He has said in his heart, “I shall not be moved; I shall never be in adversity.”
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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 will save the humble people, But will bring down haughty looks.
- Psalms 101:5Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, Him I will destroy; The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart, Him I will not endure.
- Proverbs 6:17A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood,
- Proverbs 21:4A haughty look, a proud heart, And the plowing of the wicked are sin.
- Proverbs 30:13There is a generation—oh, how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.
- Isaiah 2:11The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, The haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, And the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
- Isaiah 3:9The look on their countenance witnesses against them, And they declare their sin as Sodom; They do not hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought evil upon themselves.
- Psalms 14:2The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.
- Psalms 27:8When You said, “Seek My face,” My heart said to You, “Your face, Lord, I will seek.”
- Exodus 5:2And Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, nor will I let Israel go.”
- Deuteronomy 8:14when your heart is lifted up, and you forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
- Job 22:17They said to God, ‘Depart from us! What can the Almighty do to them?’
- 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 2:31“O generation, see the word of the Lord! Have I been a wilderness to Israel, Or a land of darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are lords; We will come no more to You’?
- Daniel 5:22“But you his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, although you knew all this.
- Zephaniah 2:3Seek the Lord, all you meek of the earth, Who have upheld His justice. Seek righteousness, seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden In 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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