Psalms 36 · Verse 12

Psalms 36:12

There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.
Psalms 36:12, King James Version

Psalms 36:12 in other translations

BSBThere the evildoers lie fallen, thrown down and unable to rise.
WEBThere the workers of iniquity are fallen. They are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise.
ASVThere are the workers of iniquity fallen: They are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise.
YLTThere have workers of iniquity fallen, They have been overthrown, And have not been able to arise!
DARBYThere are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and are not able to rise.
BBEThere the workers of evil have come down: they have been made low, and will not be lifted up.
WebsterThere are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

What does Psalms 36:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. There--in the acting of violence, they are overthrown. A signal defeat.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen - There, in Babylon, are the workers of iniquity fallen, and so cast down that they shall not be able to rise. A prophecy of the destruction of the Babylonish empire by Cyrus. That it was destroyed, is an historical fact; that they were never able to recover their liberty, is also a fact; and that Babylon itself is now blotted out of the map of the universe, so that the site of it is no longer known, is confirmed by every traveler who has passed over those regions. The word שם sham, There, has been applied by many of the fathers to the pride spoken of in the preceding verse. There, in or by pride, says Augustine, do all sinners perish. There, in heaven, have the evil angels fallen through pride, says St. Jerome. There, in paradise, have our first parents fallen, through pride and disobedience. There, in hell, have the proud and disobedient angels been precipitated - Eusebius, etc. There, by pride, have the persecutors brought God's judgments upon themselves. See Calmet. But the first interpretation is the best.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 36:5-12

Men may shut up their compassion, yet, with God we shall find mercy. This is great comfort to all believers, plainly to be seen, and not to be taken away. God does all wisely and well; but what he does we know not now, it is time enough to know hereafter. God's loving-kindness is precious to the saints. They put themselves under his protection, and then are safe and easy. Gracious souls, though still desiring more…

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Psalms 36:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שָׁ֣םshamthereH8033
נָ֭פְלוּNa.fe.luthey have fallenH5307
פֹּ֣עֲלֵיPo.'a.lei[those who] doH6466
אָ֑וֶן'A.ven<of> wickednessH205
דֹּ֝ח֗וּdo.Chuthey were pushed downH1760
וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
יָ֥כְלוּYa.khe.luthey were ableH3201
קֽוּם\׃Kumto riseH6965

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 36:12

  • Psalms 1:5

    Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

  • 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9

    In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

  • Revelation 19:1-6

    And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. …

  • Psalms 140:10

    Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

  • Revelation 15:4

    Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

  • Psalms 58:10-11

    The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

  • Jeremiah 51:64

    And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

  • Psalms 9:16

    The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

  • Psalms 64:7-9

    But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded. So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away. And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.

  • Psalms 18:38

    I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.

  • Judges 5:31

    So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.

  • Psalms 55:23

    But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

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There.
9:16; 55:23; 58:10,11; 64:7-9; Jud 5:31; 2Th 1:8,9; Re 15:4; 19:1-6
shall.
1:5; 18:38; Jer 51:64

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Context

  • Psalms 36:11

    Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.

  • Psalms 36:12

    There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

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Psalms 36:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Allí cayeron los obradores de iniquidad; fueron rempujados, y no pudieron levantarse.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Que le pied de l’orgueil ne m’atteigne pas, et que la main des méchants ne me chasse pas loin.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da sind gefallen, die Frevel tun; sie wurden niedergestoßen, und vermochten nicht aufzustehen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Observabit peccator justum, et stridebit super eum dentibus suis.