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 · 2000Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Their eyes are bursting with fat; they have more than their heart's desire.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752They have set fire to thy sanctuary: they have defiled the dwelling place of thy name on the earth.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:
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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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