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The LORD Will Not Forget His People

Psalms 94:8

In 11 translations

BSB
Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
KJV
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
WEB
Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?
ASV
Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?
LSV
Consider, you brutish among the people, || And you foolish, when do you act wisely?
YLT
Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?
DBY
Understand, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
DRC93:8
Understand, ye senseless among the people: and, you fools, be wise at last.
GNV
Vnderstande ye vnwise among the people: and ye fooles, when will ye be wise?
JPS
Consider, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye understand?
LXXE93:8
Understand now, ye simple among the people; and ye fools, at length be wise.

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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
בִּ֭ינוּ בֹּעֲרִ֣ים בָּעָ֑ם וּ֝כְסִילִ֗ים מָתַ֥י תַּשְׂכִּֽילוּ׃
LXX-Br93:8
Σύνετε δὴ ἄφρονες ἐν τῷ λαῷ, καὶ μωροὶ, ποτὲ φρονήσατε.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 92:6A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
  • Titus 3:3For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
  • Psalms 49:10For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
  • Romans 3:11There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.
  • Proverbs 12:1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
  • Deuteronomy 32:29If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
  • 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.
  • Jeremiah 10:8But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
  • Psalms 73:22I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
  • Jeremiah 8:6–8I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle. Even the stork in the sky…
  • Proverbs 8:5O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.
  • 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?

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