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How Great Are Your Works!

Psalms 92:6

In 11 translations

BSB
A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
KJV
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
WEB
A senseless man doesn’t know, neither does a fool understand this:
ASV
A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:
LSV
A brutish man does not know, || And a fool does not understand this—
YLT
A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this; —
DBY
A brutish man knoweth not, neither doth a fool understand it.
DRC91:7
The senseless man shall not know: nor will the fool understand these things.
GNV
An vnwise man knoweth it not, and a foole doeth not vnderstand this,
JPS92:7
A brutish man knoweth not, neither doth a fool understand this.
LXXE91:7
A foolish man will not know, and a senseless man will not understand this.

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Original-language editions

WLC92:7
אִֽישׁ־בַּ֭עַר לֹ֣א יֵדָ֑ע וּ֝כְסִ֗יל לֹא־יָבִ֥ין אֶת־זֹֽאת׃KJV:Ps.92.6
LXX-Br91:7
Ἀνὴρ ἄφρων οὐ γνώσεται, καὶ ἀσύνετος οὐ συνήσει ταῦτα.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Corinthians 2:14The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
  • Psalms 94:8Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
  • Psalms 73:22I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
  • 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?
  • Psalms 49:10For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
  • Proverbs 24:7Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.
  • Psalms 14:1The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
  • Jeremiah 10:14Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
  • Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
  • Proverbs 30:2Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.
  • Isaiah 1:3The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”
  • Psalms 32:9Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them come to you.
  • Psalms 75:4I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.

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  • 92:7 in some Bibles
  • 92:6 in most Bibles

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