Psalms 94 · Verse 20

Psalms 94:20

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
Psalms 94:20, King James Version

Psalms 94:20 in other translations

BSBCan a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?
WEBShall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?
ASVShall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?
YLTIs a throne of mischief joined with Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?
DARBYShall the throne of wickedness be united to thee, which frameth mischief into a law?
BBEWhat part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?
WebsterShall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

What does Psalms 94:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
20. throne--power, rulers. iniquity [and] mischief--both denote evils done to others, as Psa 94:21 explains.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 20 Shall the throne of iniquity - No wicked king, judge, or magistrate shall ever stand in thy presence. No countenance shall such have from thy grace or providence. Which frameth mischief - Devise, plan, and execute, as if they acted by a positive law, and were strictly enjoined to do what they so much delighted in.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 94:12-23

That man is blessed, who, under the chastening of the Lord, is taught his will and his truths, from his holy word, and by the Holy Spirit. He should see mercy through his sufferings. There is a rest remaining for the people of God after the days of their adversity, which shall not last always. He that sends the trouble, will send the rest. The psalmist found succour and relief only in the Lord, when all earthly…

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Psalms 94:20 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.

הַֽ֭יְחָבְרְךָHay.cha.ve.re.kha¿ will it be joined to youH2266
כִּסֵּ֣אki.Se'a throne ofH3678
הַוּ֑וֹתha.Votdestruction<s>H1942
יֹצֵ֖רyo.Tzer[which] fashionsH3335
עָמָ֣ל'a.MalmischiefH5999
עֲלֵי\־'a.lei-onH5921
חֹֽק\׃Choka decreeH2706

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

Cross references for Psalms 94:20

  • Isaiah 10:1

    Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;

  • Psalms 58:2

    Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

  • Revelation 13:15-17

    And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

  • Ecclesiastes 3:16

    And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

  • John 11:57

    Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.

  • Amos 6:3

    Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

  • Esther 3:6-12

    And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai. In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar. And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them. If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries. …

  • Psalms 50:16

    But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

  • Daniel 6:7-9

    All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

  • Daniel 3:4-7

    Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up: And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

  • Micah 6:16

    For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

  • Isaiah 1:11-20

    To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
throne.
52:1; 82:1; 1Sa 22:12; Ec 3:16; 5:8; Am 6:3
fellowship.
2Ch 6:14-16; Isa 1:11-20; Jer 7:4-11; Joh 18:28; 1Jo 1:5,6
frameth.
58:2; 1Ki 12:32; Es 3:6-12; Isa 10:1; Da 3:4-7; 6:7-9; Mic 6:16
Joh 9:22; 11:57; Re 13:15-17

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Context

  • Psalms 94:19

    In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.

  • Psalms 94:20

    Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

  • Psalms 94:21

    They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

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Psalms 94:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Juntaráse contigo el trono de iniquidades, que forma agravio en el mandamiento?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Le trône d’iniquité, qui fait de l’oppression une loi, sera-t-il uni à toi?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Sollte mit dir vereint sein der Thron des Verderbens, der aus Frevel eine Satzung macht?