Psalms 94:4

94:3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

KJV

They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.

How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

94:5 They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.

What does Psalms 94:4 mean?

Psalms 94:4 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include נָבַע (nâbaʻ), דָבַר (dâbar), עָתָק (ʻâthâq).

Hebrew interlinear

How

long

shall

they

utterנָבַעnâbaʻ/naw-bah'/H5042to gush forth; figuratively, to utter (good or bad words); specifically, to emit (a foul odor)

and

speakדָבַרdâbar/daw-bar'/H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

hard

things?עָתָקʻâthâq/aw-thawk'/H6277impudent

and

all

the

workersפָּעַלpâʻal/paw-al'/H6466to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise

iniquityאָוֶןʼâven/aw-ven'/H205strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol

boastאָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)

themselves?

Topics

Wicked

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 94:4.

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.

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 28:3

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

Psalms 36:12

There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

Psalms 5:5

The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. in: Heb. before thine eyes

Psalms 53:4

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 94:4 say?

Psalms 94:4 (King James Version) reads: "How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?"

Is Psalms 94:4 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 94:4 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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