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Psalms 53:4

2 God 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 God.

5 There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.

6 Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When God restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!

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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 God.
KJV
Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
WEB
Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don’t call on God?
ASV
Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people [as] they eat bread, And call not upon God?
DARBY
Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, eating up my people [as] they eat bread? they call not upon God.
BLB
Will they not learn, the workers of iniquity, those devouring my people they have devoured bread; they do not call upon God.
ÅB
Sanser de da ikke, de som gjør urett? De spiser mitt folk slik som de spiser brød; på Gud kaller de ikke.
OTB
Har de som gjør urett ingen kunnskap,
De som eter mitt folk som de eter brød,
Og ikke har påkalt Gud?
B1930
Sanser de da ikke, de som gjør urett? De eter mitt folk likesom de eter brød; på Gud kaller de ikke.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 4:22

    “For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”

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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 27:2

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

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  • Psalms 94:8

    Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?

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  • Isaiah 27:11

    When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.

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  • Revelation 17:16

    And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.

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  • Matthew 23:17–39

    You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?

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