Psalms 94:4
How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
Psalms 94:4 in other translations
| BSB | They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast. |
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| WEB | They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast. |
| ASV | They prate, they speak arrogantly: All the workers of iniquity boast themselves. |
| YLT | They utter--they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves. |
| DARBY | How long shall they utter and speak insolence — all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? |
| BBE | Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves. |
| Webster | How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? |
What does Psalms 94:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 94:3-4
3-4. In an earnest expostulation he expresses his desire that the insolent triumph of the wicked may be ended.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 94:1-11
We may with boldness appeal to God; for he is the almighty Judge by whom every man is judged. Let this encourage those who suffer wrong, to bear it with silence, committing themselves to Him who judges righteously. These prayers are prophecies, which speak terror to the sons of violence. There will come a day of reckoning for all the hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against God, his truths, and ways…
Psalms 94:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 94:4
- Psalms 31:18
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
- Psalms 52:1
To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
- Daniel 7:25
And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
- Job 21:14-15
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
- Exodus 15:9-10
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
- Psalms 140:3
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
- Revelation 13:5-6
And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
- Jude 1:14-15
And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
- Psalms 73:8-9
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
- Daniel 11:36-37
And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done. Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
- Psalms 59:12
For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
- Psalms 10:2-7
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth. The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. …
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Psalms 94:3
Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
- Psalms 94:4
How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
- Psalms 94:5
They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and afflict thine heritage.
Psalms 94:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Hasta cuándo pronunciarán, hablarán cosas duras, y se vanagloriarán todos los que obran iniquidad? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Jusques à quand tous les ouvriers d’iniquité proféreront-ils et diront-ils des paroles arrogantes? jusques à quand se vanteront-ils? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Werden übersprudeln, Freches reden, sich rühmen alle, die Frevel tun? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quia in manu ejus sunt omnes fines terræ, et altitudines montium ipsius sunt; |