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Psalms 94:7

94:6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

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They say, “Yah will not see, neither will Jacob’s God consider.”

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

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

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

What does Psalms 94:7 mean?

Psalms 94:7 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אָמַר (ʼâmar), יָהּ (Yâhh), רָאָה (râʼâh).

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Yet
they
say,אָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)
The
LORDיָהּYâhh/yaw/H3050Jah, the sacred name
shall
not
see,רָאָהrâʼâh/raw-aw'/H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
neither
shall
the
Godאֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîym/el-o-heem'/H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
of
JacobיַעֲקֹבYaʻăqôb/yah-ak-obe'/H3290Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
regardבִּיןbîyn/bene/H995to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
it.

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 94:7.

Genesis 1:9

And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

Genesis 1:10

And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:11

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. grass: Heb. tender grass

Genesis 1:12

And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:14

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: the day: Heb. between the day and between the night

Genesis 1:18

And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:20

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. moving: or, creeping life: Heb. soul fowl: Heb. let fowl fly open: Heb. face of the firmament of heaven

Genesis 1:21

And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

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What does Psalms 94:7 say?

Psalms 94:7 (King James Version) reads: "Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it."

Is Psalms 94:7 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 94:7 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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