Psalms 94 · Verse 8

Psalms 94:8

Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Psalms 94:8, King James Version

Psalms 94:8 in other translations

BSBTake notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
WEBConsider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?
ASVConsider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?
YLTConsider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?
DARBYUnderstand, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
BBEGive your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?
WebsterUnderstand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

What does Psalms 94:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. ye brutish--(Compare Psa 73:22; 92:6).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 Understand, ye brutish - These are the same expressions as in Psa 92:6 (note), on which see the note.

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…

Read the full comment on Psalms 94:1-11 →

Psalms 94:8 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.

בִּ֭ינוּBi.nuunderstandH995
בֹּעֲרִ֣יםbo.'a.RimO stupid [ones]H1197
בָּעָ֑םba.'Amamong the peopleH5971
וּ֝כְסִילִ֗יםu.khe.si.Limand O foolsH3684
מָתַ֥יma.Taiwhen?H4970
תַּשְׂכִּֽילוּ\׃tas.Ki.luwill you have insightH7919

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Cross references for Psalms 94:8

  • Psalms 92:6

    A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

  • Titus 3:3

    For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

  • Psalms 49:10

    For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

  • Isaiah 27:11

    When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.

  • Romans 3:11

    There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

  • Deuteronomy 32:29

    O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

  • Proverbs 12:1

    Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

  • Jeremiah 10:8

    But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.

  • Proverbs 8:5

    O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

  • Psalms 73:22

    So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

  • Jeremiah 8:6-8

    I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle. Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord. How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.

  • Proverbs 1:22

    How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
brutish.
49:10; 73:22; 92:6; Pr 12:1; Isa 27:11; Jer 8:6-8; 10:8; Ro 3:11
fools.
De 32:29; Pr 1:22; 8:5; Tit 3:3

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Context

  • Psalms 94:7

    Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

  • Psalms 94:8

    Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

  • Psalms 94:9

    He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?

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Psalms 94:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entended, necios del pueblo; y vosotros fatuos, ¿cuándo seréis sabios?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Comprenez, vous les stupides d’entre le peuple! Et vous, insensés, quand serez-vous intelligents?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Habet Einsicht, ihr Unvernünftigen unter dem Volke! und ihr Toren, wann werdet ihr verständig werden?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Hodie si vocem ejus audieritis, nolite obdurare corda vestra