New King James Version
Psalms 36:2
2For he flatters himself in his own eyes, When he finds out his iniquity and when he hates.
Psalms 36:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
- New International Version (NIV)In their own eyes they flatter themselves too much to detect or hate their sin.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For he flatters himself in his own eyes that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.
- New Living Translation (NLT)In their blind conceit, they cannot see how wicked they really are.
Context of Psalms 36:2
1An oracle within my heart concerning the transgression of the wicked: There is no fear of God before his eyes. For he flatters himself in his own eyes, When he finds out his iniquity and when he hates. 3The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise and to do good. 4He devises wickedness on his bed; He sets himself in a way that is not good; He does not abhor evil.
Read all of Psalms 36Psalms 36:2 word by word
כִּֽי־הֶחֱלִ֣יק אֵלָ֣יו בְּעֵינָ֑יו לִמְצֹ֖א עֲוֹנ֣וֹ לִשְׂנֹֽא׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 36:2
- Psalms 10:3For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire; He blesses the greedy and renounces the Lord.
- Psalms 49:18Though while he lives he blesses himself (For men will praise you when you do well for yourself),
- Deuteronomy 29:19and so it may not happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he blesses himself in his heart, saying, ‘I shall have peace, even though I follow the dictates of my heart’—as though the drunkard could be included with the sober.
- Jeremiah 2:23“How can you say, ‘I am not polluted, I have not gone after the Baals’? See your way in the valley; Know what you have done: You are a swift dromedary breaking loose in her ways,
- Jeremiah 17:9“The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?
- Hosea 12:7“A cunning Canaanite! Deceitful scales are in his hand; He loves to oppress.
- Luke 10:29But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
- Luke 16:14Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they derided Him.
- Romans 7:9I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.
- Romans 10:3For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
- 1 Samuel 15:18Now the Lord sent you on a mission, and said, ‘Go, and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’
- 1 Chronicles 10:13So Saul died for his unfaithfulness which he had committed against the Lord, because he did not keep the word of the Lord, and also because he consulted a medium for guidance.
- Romans 3:9What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin.
Commentaries on Psalms 36:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2For he flattereth himself - He is ruled by the suggestion already mentioned; endeavours to persuade himself that he may safely follow the propensities of his own heart, until his iniquity be found to be hateful. He sins so boldly, that at last he becomes detestable. Some think the words should be thus understood: "He smootheth over in his own eyes with respect to the finding out of his iniquity, to hate it. That is, he sets such a false gloss in his own…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2For he flattereth himself in his own eyes - He puts such an exalted estimate on himself; he so overrates himself and his own ability in judging of what is right and proper, that he is allowed to pursue a course which ultimately makes his conduct odious to all people: the result is so apparent, and so abominable, that no one can doubt what he himself is. The foundation or the basis of all this is an overweening confidence “in himself” - in his own…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4Foolish people reject wisdom and goodness while they chase after evil.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-42-4. This reflection detailed. until his iniquity--literally, "for finding his iniquity for hating"; that is, he persuades himself God will not so find it--"for hating" involving the idea of punishing. Hence his words of iniquity and deceit, and his bold rejection of all right principles of conduct. The climax is that he deliberately adopts and patronizes evil. The negative forms affirm more emphatically their contraries.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 36
- 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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