Psalms 14:4

What does Psalms 14:4 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 14:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my peopleasthey eat bread, And call not upon Jehovah?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the Lord.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my peopleasthey eat bread, And call not upon Jehovah?

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Have all the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food as they would take bread; they make no prayer to the Lord.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Have all working iniquity not known? Those consuming my people have eaten bread, Jehovah they have not called.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

In his sight the malignant is brought to nothing: but he glorifieth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his neighbour, and deceiveth not;

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, eating up my people [as] they eat bread? They call not upon Jehovah.

Context

v.3They are all gone aside; they are together become filthy; There is none that doeth good, no, not one.

v.4This passage

v.5There were they in great fear; For God is in the generation of the righteous.

Cross references

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

  • Psalms 79:6

    Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, And upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name.

  • Psalms 82:5

    They know not, neither do they understand; They walk to and fro in darkness: All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

  • Amos 8:4

    Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,

  • Micah 3:2

    ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

  • Romans 1:21

    because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.

  • Galatians 5:15

    But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

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