Psalms 82:5

What does Psalms 82:5 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 82:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

They have no knowledge or sense; they go about in the dark: all the bases of the earth are moved.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

They knew not, nor do they understand, In darkness they walk habitually, Moved are all the foundations of earth.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

They have said: Come and let us destroy them, so that they be not a nation: and let the name of Israel be remembered no more.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

They know not, neither do they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are moved.

Context

v.4Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

v.5This passage

v.6I said, Ye are gods, And all of you sons of the Most High.

Cross references

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

  • Micah 3:1

    And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: is it not for you to know justice?

  • Proverbs 4:19

    The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.

  • Psalms 53:4

    Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And call not upon God?

  • Proverbs 2:13

    Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;

  • 1 John 2:11

    But he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

  • Isaiah 5:7

    For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; for righteousness, but, behold, a cry.

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