Psalms 53:4

In 11 translations

BSB

Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God.

KJV

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.

WEB

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don’t call on God?

ASV

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

LSV

Workers of iniquity have not known, || Those eating my people have eaten bread, || They have not called God.

YLT

Have not workers of iniquity known, Those eating my people have eaten bread, God they have not called.

DBY

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, eating up my people [as] they eat bread? they call not upon God.Elohim

DRC52:5

Shall not all the workers of iniquity know, who eat up my people as they eat bread?

GNV

Doe not the workers of iniquitie knowe that they eate vp my people as they eate bread? they call not vpon God.

JPS53:5

'Shall not the workers of iniquity know it, who eat up My people as they eat bread, and call not upon God?'

LXXE52:5

Will none of the workers of iniquity know, who devour my people as they would eat bread? they have not called upon God. There were they greatly afraid, where there was no fear:

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Original-language editions

WLC53:5

הֲלֹ֥א יָדְעוּ֮ פֹּ֤עֲלֵ֫י אָ֥וֶן אֹכְלֵ֣י עַ֭מִּי אָ֣כְלוּ לֶ֑חֶם אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים לֹ֣א קָרָֽאוּ׃KJV:Ps.53.4

LXX-Br52:5

Οὐχὶ γνώσονται πάντες οἱ ἐργαζόμενοι τὴν ἀνομίαν, οἱ κατεσθίοντες τὸν λαόν μου βρώσει ἄρτου; τὸν Θεὸν οὐκ ἐπεκαλέσαντο.

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• Jeremiah 4:22“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
• Jeremiah 10:25Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his…
• Psalms 27:2When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.
• Isaiah 27:11When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
• Psalms 94:8Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
• Matthew 23:17–39You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred? And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’ You…
• Revelation 17:16And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.

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