Devine Scripture

Psalms 73:6

Psalms chapter 73 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.

Context

v.5They are not in trouble asothermen; Neither are they plagued likeothermen.

v.6This passage

v.7Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.

Cross references

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

  • 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.

  • Esther 3:1

    After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.

  • 1 Peter 5:5

    Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

  • Proverbs 1:9

    For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.

  • Jeremiah 48:29

    We have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud; his loftiness, and his pride, and his arrogancy, and the haughtiness of his heart.

  • Ecclesiastes 8:11

    Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.