Psalms 73:12
10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Behold, these are the wicked— always carefree as they increase their wealth.
- KJV
- Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
- WEB
- Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
- ASV
- Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.
- DARBY
- Behold, these are the wicked, and they prosper in the world: they heap up riches.
- BLB
- Behold, these [are] the wicked, and at ease always, they have increased in wealth.
- ÅB
- Se, dette er de ugudelige, og evig trygge vokser de i velmakt.
- OTB
- Se, dette er de ugudelige;
Alltid i ro, de øker i rikdom. - B1930
- Se, dette er de ugudelige, og evig trygge vokser de i velmakt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 52:7
Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
Read in contextHosea 12:7–8
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Read in contextJeremiah 5:28
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Read in contextJames 5:1–3
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
Read in contextPsalms 17:14
From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
Read in contextPsalms 37:35
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
Read in contextJeremiah 12:1–2
Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
Read in contextLuke 16:19
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
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