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Psalms 92:7

92:6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

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though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.

When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

92:8 But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.

What does Psalms 92:7 mean?

Psalms 92:7 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include רָשָׁע (râshâʻ), פָּרַח (pârach), עֶשֶׂב (ʻeseb).

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When
the
wickedרָשָׁעrâshâʻ/raw-shaw'/H7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
springפָּרַחpârach/paw-rakh'/H6524to break forth as a bud, i.e. bloom; generally, to spread; specifically, to fly (as extending the wings); figuratively, to flourish
as
the
grass,עֶשֶׂבʻeseb/eh'seb/H6212grass (or any tender shoot)
and
when
all
the
workersפָּעַלpâʻal/paw-al'/H6466to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
of
iniquityאָוֶןʼâven/aw-ven'/H205strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
do
flourish;צוּץtsûwts/tsoots/H6692to twinkle, i.e. glance; by analogy, to blossom (figuratively, flourish)
it
is
that
they
shall
be
destroyedשָׁמַדshâmad/shaw-mad'/H8045to desolate
for
ever:עַדʻad/ad/H5703properly, a (peremptory) terminus, i.e. (by implication) duration, in the sense of advance or perpetuity (substantially as a noun, either with or without a preposition)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 92:7.

Ezekiel 7:10

Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.

Isaiah 27:6

He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.

Job 31:3

Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

Job 34:22

There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Job 34:8

Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

Numbers 17:8

And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.

Psalms 14:4

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.

Psalms 141:9

Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

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What does Psalms 92:7 say?

Psalms 92:7 (King James Version) reads: "When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:"

Is Psalms 92:7 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 92:7 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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