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Psalms 82:5

Wisdom

3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.

7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

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BSB
They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
KJV
They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
WEB
They don’t know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
ASV
They know not, neither do they understand; They walk to and fro in darkness: All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
DARBY
They know not, neither do they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are moved.
BLB
They do not know, ad they do not understand; in the darkness they walk about; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
ÅB
De skjønner intet, og de forstår intet, de vandrer i mørke; alle jordens grunnvoller vakler.
OTB
De verken vet eller forstår;
De vandrer i mørket;
Alle jordens grunnvoller vakler.
B1930
De skjønner intet, og de forstår intet, de vandrer i mørke; alle jordens grunnvoller vakler.

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Cross references

  • Romans 1:28

    And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

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  • Psalms 11:3

    If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

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  • Proverbs 2:13

    Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

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  • Micah 3:1

    And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?

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  • John 3:19

    And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

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  • John 12:35

    Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

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  • Proverbs 1:29

    For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

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  • Psalms 14:4

    Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.

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