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Psalms 73:7
7Their eyes bulge out from fatness. The imaginations of their hearts run wild.
Psalms 73:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
- New International Version (NIV)From their callous hearts comes iniquity; their evil imaginations have no limits.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Their eyes swell out through fatness; their hearts overflow with follies.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Their eyes bulge with abundance; They have more than heart could wish.
Context of Psalms 73:7
5They have none of humanity’s trouble, nor are they plagued like others. 6Therefore, they put on pride as a necklace, and violence wraps around them like a garment. Their eyes bulge out from fatness. The imaginations of their hearts run wild. 8They scoff and wickedly plan evil. From on high they threaten. 9They set their mouth against heaven. Their tongue struts through the earth.
Read all of Psalms 73Psalms 73:7 word by word
יָ֭צָא מֵחֵ֣לֶב עֵינֵ֑מוֹ עָ֝בְר֗וּ מַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹת לֵבָֽב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 73:7
- Psalms 17:10Their callous heart they shut tight. With their mouth they speak proudly.
- Psalms 119:70Their minds are insensible, but Your Torah is my delight.
- Job 15:27Because He covered his face with his fat and made his hips bulge with blubber,
- Isaiah 3:9The expression of their faces bears witness against them. They display their sin like Sodom— they do not hide it. Oy , their souls! For they brought evil on themselves.
- Jeremiah 5:28They grew fat and sleek. They also overlooked evil deeds. They do not uphold a cause— the cause of an orphan to prosper— nor do they defend the right of the poor.
- Ezekiel 16:49Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, gluttony, and careless ease—so had she and her daughters—and she did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
- Psalms 73:12Behold, such are the wicked— always at ease and amassing wealth.
- Psalms 17:14from men, with Your hand, Adonai, from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their belly with Your treasure —with plenty of children— and leave their surplus to their babes.
- 1 Samuel 25:2Now there was a man in Maon, whose business was in Carmel, and the man was so wealthy, he had 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats. At that time he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
- Luke 12:16And Yeshua told them a parable, saying, “The land of a certain rich man produced good crops.
Commentaries on Psalms 73:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Their eyes stand out with fatness - "Their countenance is changed because of fatness." - Chaldee. By fatness, or corpulency, the natural lines of the face are changed, or rather obliterated. The characteristic distinctions are gone; and we see little remaining besides the human hog. They have more than heart could wish - I doubt this translation. Whose heart ever said, I have enough, which had not its portion with God? It would be more literal to say…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Their eyes stand out with fatness - As the fruit of their high living. They are not weakened and emaciated by toil and want, as other men often are. Compare the notes at Psalm 17:10. They have more than heart could wish - Margin, “they pass the thoughts of the heart.” Literally, “the imaginations or thoughts of the heart pass;” pass along; pass forth. The meaning seems to be, not that they have more than heart could desire, as in our translation - for…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-12The psalmist gives an exaggerated picture of the happiness of the wicked (compare Psalm 1).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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