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Psalms 10:13

What does Psalms 10:13 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 10:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not requireit?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not requireit?

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Why has the evil-doer a low opinion of God, saying in his heart, You will not make search for it?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Wherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, `It is not required.'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Not available in this translation

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Wherefore doth the wicked contemnGod? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].

Context

v.12Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: Forget not the poor.

v.13This passage

v.14Thou hast seenit; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth himself unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Luke 11:50

    that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

  • Genesis 9:5

    And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, will I require the life of man.

  • Genesis 42:22

    And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore also, behold, his blood is required.

  • 2 Samuel 12:9

    Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah, to do that which is evil in his sight? thou hast smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

  • Luke 10:16

    He that heareth you heareth me; and he that rejecteth you rejecteth me; and he that rejecteth me rejecteth him that sent me.

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:8

    Therefore he that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who giveth his Holy Spirit unto you.

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