Psalms 10:4

What does Psalms 10:4 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 10:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith, He will not requireit. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith, He will not requireit. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The evil-doer in his pride says, God will not make a search. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. `God is not!' <FI>are<Fi> all his devices.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

For they have destroyed the things which thou hast made: but what has the just man done?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

The wicked [saith], in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is noGod!

Context

v.3For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, And the covetous renounceth, yea, contemneth Jehovah.

v.4This passage

v.5His ways are firm at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight: As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

Cross references

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

  • Romans 1:28

    And even as they refused to have God intheirknowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

  • Deuteronomy 8:14

    then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget Jehovah thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;

  • Psalms 36:1

    The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, There is no fear of God before his eyes.

  • Jeremiah 2:31

    O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? or a land of thick darkness? wherefore say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more unto thee?

  • Proverbs 6:17

    Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;

  • Isaiah 3:9

    The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have done evil unto themselves.

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