Psalms 73 · Verse 4

Psalms 73:4

For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
Psalms 73:4, King James Version

Psalms 73:4 in other translations

BSBThey have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed.
WEBFor there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.
ASVFor there are no pangs in their death; But their strength is firm.
YLTAnd their might is firm.
DARBYFor they have no pangs in their death, and their body is well nourished;
BBEFor they have no pain; their bodies are fat and strong.
WebsterFor there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.

What does Psalms 73:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 73:3-9

3-9. The prosperous wicked are insolently proud (compare Psa 5:5). They die, as well as live, free from perplexities: pride adorns them, and violence is their clothing; indeed they are inflated with unexpected success. With all this--

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 No bands in their death - Many of the godly have sore conflicts at their death. Their enemy then thrusts sore at them that they may fall; or that their confidence in their God may be shaken. But of this the ungodly know nothing. Satan will not molest them; he is sure of his prey; they are entangled, and cannot now break their nets; their consciences are seared, they have no sense of guilt. If they think at all of another world, they presume on that mercy which they never sought, and of which they have no distinct notion. Perhaps, "they die without a sigh or a groan; and thus go off as quiet as a lamb" - to the slaughter.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 73:1-14

The psalmist was strongly tempted to envy the prosperity of the wicked; a common temptation, which has tried the graces of many saints. But he lays down the great principle by which he resolved to abide. It is the goodness of God. This is a truth which cannot be shaken. Good thoughts of God will fortify against Satan's temptations. The faith even of strong believers may be sorely shaken, and ready to fail. There are…

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Psalms 73:4 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.

כִּ֤יkithatH3588
אֵ֖ין'einthere notH369
חַרְצֻבּ֥וֹתchar.tzu.Bot[are] pangsH2784
לְמוֹתָ֗םle.mo.Tamto death theirH4194
וּבָרִ֥יאu.va.Ri'and [is] fatH1277
אוּלָֽם\׃'u.Lambody theirH193

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

Cross references for Psalms 73:4

  • Job 21:23-24

    One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.

  • Ecclesiastes 2:16

    For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.

  • Luke 16:22

    And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

  • Ecclesiastes 7:15

    All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.

  • Psalms 17:14

    From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

  • Job 24:20

    The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.

  • Psalms 17:10

    They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
no.
17:14; Job 21:23,24; 24:20; Ec 2:16; 7:15; Lu 16:22
firm. Heb. fat.
17:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 73:3

    For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

  • Psalms 73:4

    For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.

  • Psalms 73:5

    They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

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Psalms 73:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque no hay ataduras para su muerte; antes su fortaleza está entera.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car il n’y a pas de tourments dans leur mort, et leur corps est gras;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn keine Qualen haben sie bei ihrem Tode, und wohlgenährt ist ihr Leib.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et gloriati sunt qui oderunt te in medio solemnitatis tuæ; posuerunt signa sua, signa: