Psalms 73:6

4 They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed.

5 They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.

Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.

7 From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.

8 They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
KJV
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
WEB
Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.
ASV
Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.
DARBY
Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them [as] a garment;
BLB
Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence is a covering for them.
ÅB
Derfor er overmot deres halssmykke, vold omhyller dem som en kappe.
OTB
Derfor pryder arroganse dem som et halskjede;
Vold klær dem som et plagg.
B1930
Derfor er overmot deres halssmykke, vold omhyller dem som et klædebon.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 109:18

    The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

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  • 1 Peter 5:5

    Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

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  • Daniel 4:30

    the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”

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  • Proverbs 1:9

    For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.

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  • Judges 8:26

    The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.

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  • Proverbs 3:31

    Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;

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  • Proverbs 4:17

    For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

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  • Deuteronomy 8:13–14

    and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all that you have is multiplied,

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