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Psalms 14:4

2 The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.

3 All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.

Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.

5 There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is in the company of the righteous.

6 You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.
KJV
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
WEB
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don’t call on the LORD?
ASV
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people [as] they eat bread, And call not upon Jehovah?
DARBY
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, eating up my people [as] they eat bread? They call not upon Jehovah.
BLB
All those working iniquity, have they not know? They devour my people they have eaten bread; on YHWH they do not call.
ÅB
Sanser de ingenting, alle de som gjør urett?
Alle de som spiser folket mitt, slik som de spiser brød?
De kaller ikke på Herren.
OTB
Skjønner ikke de som gjør urett,
De som fortærer mitt folk som de spiser brød,
Og ikke påkaller Herren?
B1930
Sanser de da ikke, alle de som gjør urett, som eter mitt folk, likesom de eter brød? På Herren kaller de ikke.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 79:6

    Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,

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  • Jeremiah 10:25

    Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.

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  • Psalms 82:5

    They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

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  • Isaiah 64:7

    No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.

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  • Romans 1:28

    Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

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  • Amos 8:4

    Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,

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  • Ephesians 4:17–18

    So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

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  • Psalms 27:2

    When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.

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