Psalms 17:10
What does Psalms 17:10 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 17:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000They are inclosed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly.
KJV
King James Version · 1611They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901They are inclosed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949They are shut up in their fat: with their mouths they say words of pride.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Their fat they have closed up, Their mouths have spoken with pride:
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He bowed the heavens, and came down, and darkness was under his feet.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 2:3
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; Let not arrogancy come out of your mouth; For Jehovah is a God of knowledge, And by him actions are weighed.
- Acts 28:27
For this people’s heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.
- Job 15:27
Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins;
- Isaiah 6:10
Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.
- Deuteronomy 32:15
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou art waxed fat, thou art grown thick, thou art become sleek; Then he forsook God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
- 2 Peter 2:18
For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that live in error;
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