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Psalms 73:8

73:7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. have: Heb. pass the thoughts of the heart
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

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They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.

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

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

73:9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

What does Psalms 73:8 mean?

Psalms 73:8 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include מוּק (mûwq), דָבַר (dâbar), רַע (raʻ).

Hebrew interlinear

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They
are
corrupt,מוּקmûwq/mook/H4167to jeer, i.e. (intens.) blaspheme
and
speakדָבַרdâbar/daw-bar'/H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
wickedlyרַעraʻ/rah/H7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
concerning
oppression:עֹשֶׁקʻôsheq/o'-shek/H6233injury, fraud, (subjectively) distress, (concretely) unjust gain
they
speakדָבַרdâbar/daw-bar'/H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
loftily.מָרוֹםmârôwm/maw-rome'/H4791altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)

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IntegrityPridePunishment of the Wicked, theRich, TheTemptationWickedWorldliness

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 73:8.

Genesis 24:50

Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.

Genesis 31:24

And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. either: Heb. from good to bad

Genesis 31:29

It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

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What does Psalms 73:8 say?

Psalms 73:8 (King James Version) reads: "They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily."

Is Psalms 73:8 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 73:8 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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