Psalms 73:7

What does Psalms 73:7 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 73:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Their eyes are bursting with fat; they have more than their heart's desire.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

They have set fire to thy sanctuary: they have defiled the dwelling place of thy name on the earth.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:

Context

v.6Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.

v.7This passage

v.8They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.

Cross references

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

  • 1 Samuel 25:36

    And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

  • Ezekiel 16:49

    Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

  • 1 Samuel 25:2

    And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

  • Psalms 17:10

    They are inclosed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly.

  • Jeremiah 5:28

    They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

  • Psalms 119:70

    Their heart is as fat as grease; But I delight in thy law.

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