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Psalms 73:7

73:6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. have: Heb. pass the thoughts of the heart

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Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.

Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

73:8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

What does Psalms 73:7 mean?

Psalms 73:7 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עַיִן (ʻayin), יָצָא (yâtsâʼ), חֶלֶב (cheleb).

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Their
eyesעַיִןʻayin/ah'-yin/H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
stand
outיָצָאyâtsâʼ/yaw-tsaw'/H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
with
fatness:חֶלֶבcheleb/kheh'-leb/H2459fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part
they
have
moreעָבַרʻâbar/aw-bar'/H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
than
heartלֵבָבlêbâb/lay-bawb'/H3824the heart (as the most interior organ);
could
wish.מַשְׂכִּיתmaskîyth/mas-keeth'/H4906a figure (carved on stone, the wall, or any object); figuratively, imagination
have:
Heb.
pass
the
thoughts
of
the
heart

Topics

IntegrityPunishment of the Wicked, theRich, TheTemptationWickedWorldliness

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 73:7.

Genesis 18:3

And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

Genesis 19:14

And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.

Genesis 19:8

Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.

Genesis 24:13

Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:

Genesis 24:43

Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;

Genesis 24:45

And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

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What does Psalms 73:7 say?

Psalms 73:7 (King James Version) reads: "Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. have: Heb. pass the thoughts of the heart"

Is Psalms 73:7 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 73:7 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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