Psalms 4:2

In 11 translations

BSB

How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? SelahOr false gods

KJV

O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.

WEB

You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity and seek after falsehood? Selah.

ASV

O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? How long will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? [Selah

LSV

Sons of men! Until when [is] my glory for shame? You love a vain thing, you seek a lie. Selah.

YLT

Sons of men! till when [is] my glory for shame? Ye love a vain thing, ye seek a lie. Selah.

DBY

Ye sons of men, till when is my glory [to be put] to shame? [How long] will ye love vanity, will ye seek after a lie? Selah.

DRC4:3

O ye sons of men, how long will you be dull of heart? why do you love vanity, and seek after lying?

GNV

O ye sonnes of men, howe long will yee turne my glory into shame, louing vanitie, and seeking lyes? Selah.

JPS4:3

O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be put to shame, in that ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah

LXXE4:3

O ye sons of men, how long will ye be slow of heart? wherefore do ye love vanity, and seek falsehood? Pause.Lit. heavy of heart.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC4:3

בְּנֵ֥י אִ֡ישׁ עַד־מֶ֬ה כְבוֹדִ֣י לִ֭כְלִמָּה תֶּאֱהָב֣וּן רִ֑יק תְּבַקְשׁ֖וּ כָזָ֣ב סֶֽלָה׃KJV:Ps.4.2

LXX-Br4:3

Υἱοὶ ἀνθρώπων, ἕως πότε βαρυκάρδιοι; ἱνατί ἀγαπᾶτε ματαιότητα, καὶ ζητεῖτε ψεῦδος; διάψαλμα.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 1:22“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
• Hosea 4:7The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.
• Psalms 3:3But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
• Psalms 5:6You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
• Psalms 106:20They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.
• Jeremiah 2:11Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.
• Ephesians 4:25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
• Ecclesiastes 8:11When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
• 1 Samuel 12:21Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.
• Psalms 58:1Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
• Psalms 63:11But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.
• Psalms 58:3The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
• Psalms 31:6I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.
• Isaiah 45:17But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
• Psalms 14:6You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.
• Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

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