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Surely God Is Good to Israel

Psalms 73:7

In 11 translations

BSB
From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.Literally Their eye bulges with fatness; Syriac From their callous heart proceeds iniquity
KJV
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.have…: Heb. pass the thoughts of the heart
WEB
Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
ASV
Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.
LSV
Their eye has come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;
YLT
Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;
DBY
Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:
DRC72:7
Their iniquity hath come forth, as it were from fatness: they have passed into the affection of the heart.
GNV
Their eyes stande out for fatnesse: they haue more then heart can wish.
JPS
Their eyes stand forth from fatness; they are gone beyond the imaginations of their heart.
LXXE72:7
Their injustice shall go forth as out of fatness: they have fulfilled their intention.

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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

WLC
יָ֭צָא מֵחֵ֣לֶב עֵינֵ֑מוֹ עָ֝בְר֗וּ מַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹת לֵבָֽב׃
LXX-Br72:7
Ἐξελεύσεται ὡς ἐκ στέατος ἡ ἀδικία αὐτῶν· διῆλθον εἰς διάθεσιν καρδίας.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 15:27Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,
  • Jeremiah 5:28They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
  • Psalms 17:10They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.
  • Psalms 73:12Behold, these are the wicked— always carefree as they increase their wealth.
  • Psalms 119:70Their hearts are hard and callous, but I delight in Your law.
  • Luke 12:16–19Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance. So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’ Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will…
  • 1 Samuel 25:2Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.
  • Ezekiel 16:49Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
  • 1 Samuel 25:36When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
  • Isaiah 3:9The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.
  • Psalms 17:14from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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