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Psalms 73:6

Pride

4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.

5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

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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)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 109:18

    As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

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  • 1 Peter 5:5

    Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

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  • Daniel 4:30

    The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

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  • Proverbs 1:9

    For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

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  • Judges 8:26

    And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels’ necks.

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  • Proverbs 3:31

    Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none 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 thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;

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