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Psalms 94:8
8Pay attention, stupid among the people! Fools, when will you comprehend?
Psalms 94:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
- New International Version (NIV)Take notice, you senseless ones among the people; you fools, when will you become wise?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Understand, O dullest of the people! Fools, when will you be wise?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Understand, you senseless among the people; And you fools, when will you be wise?
Context of Psalms 94:8
6They slay the widow and the outsider, and murder the fatherless. 7So they say: “Adonai does not see— the God of Jacob pays no attention.” Pay attention, stupid among the people! Fools, when will you comprehend? 9He who planted the ear, does He not hear? He who formed the eye, does He not see? 10He who chastens nations, will He not rebuke— One who teaches humanity knowledge?
Read all of Psalms 94Psalms 94:8 word by word
בִּ֭ינוּ בֹּעֲרִ֣ים בָּעָ֑ם וּ֝כְסִילִ֗ים מָתַ֥י תַּשְׂכִּֽילוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 94:8
- Psalms 49:19Though during his life he congratulates himself, and men praise you when you do well for yourself—
- Psalms 73:22I was brutish and ignorant. I was like a beast before You.
- Psalms 92:6How great are Your works, Adonai! How profound are Your thoughts!
- Proverbs 12:1Whoever loves knowledge loves correction, but whoever hates reproof is stupid.
- Isaiah 27:11When the boughs are withered, they will be broken off. Women come and set them on fire, for it is a people of no understanding. Therefore their Maker will show them no mercy—He who formed them will give them no grace.
- Jeremiah 8:6I listened attentively, but they have not spoken what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, saying, ‘What have I done?’ Each one turns in his own direction, like a horse charging into battle.
- Jeremiah 10:8They are totally stupid and foolish. Discipline is useless—it’s wood!
- Romans 3:11There is no one who understands, no one who seeks after God.
- Deuteronomy 32:29“If they were wise, they would discern this, they would understand their hereafter.
- Proverbs 1:22“How long will you naïve ones love simplicity, you scoffers delight in scoffing, and you fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 8:5O naïve ones, learn prudence! Fools, gain understanding!
Commentaries on Psalms 94:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Understand, ye brutish - These are the same expressions as in Psalm 92:6; (note), on which see the note.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Understand, ye brutish among the people - See Psalm 73:22. The meaning here is, “You who are like the brutes; you who see and understand no more of the character and plans of God than the wild beasts of the desert.” The meaning is, that they did not employ their reason in the case; they acted like beasts, regardless of the consequences of their conduct - as if God would treat people as he does the beasts; as if there were no retribution in the future…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-11The writer of the psalm corrects people for acting foolishly.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. ye brutish--(Compare Psa 73:22; 92:6).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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