Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, yea , contemneth Jehovah.

New American Standard Bible

For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire,
And the greedy man curses and spurns the Lord.

King James Version

For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

Holman Bible

For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings;
the one who is greedy curses and despises the Lord.

International Standard Version

For the wicked one boasts about his own desire; he blesses the greedy and despises the LORD.

A Conservative Version

For the wicked man boasts of his heart's desire. And the greedy man renounces, [yea], despises LORD.

Amplified


For the wicked boasts and sings the praises of his heart’s desire,
And the greedy man curses and spurns [and even despises] the Lord.

Bible in Basic English

For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.

Darby Translation

For the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah.

Julia Smith Translation

For the unjust boasted upon the desire of his soul, and he blessed him plundering, despising Jehovah.

King James 2000

For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the covetous, whom the LORD abhors.

Lexham Expanded Bible

for [the] wicked boasts about the desire of his {heart}, and [the] one greedy for gain curses [and] treats Yahweh with contempt.

Modern King James verseion

For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the covetous whom Jehovah despises.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For the ungodly hath made boast of his own heart's desire, and speaketh good of the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

NET Bible

Yes, the wicked man boasts because he gets what he wants; the one who robs others curses and rejects the Lord.

New Heart English Bible

For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings. He blesses the greedy, and condemns the LORD.

The Emphasized Bible

For the lawless one hath boasted over the longing of his soul, and, the robber, hath blasphemed Yahweh.

Webster

For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

World English Bible

For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings. He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh.

Youngs Literal Translation

Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

תּאוה 
Ta'avah 
Usage: 20

and blesseth
בּרך 
Barak 
Usage: 330

the covetous
בּצע 
Batsa` 
Usage: 17

whom the Lord

Usage: 0

References

Hastings

Context Readings

A Prayer For God To Throw Down The Wicked

2 In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived. 3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, yea , contemneth Jehovah. 4 The wicked, in the pride of his countenance,'saith , He will not require it . All his thoughts are, There is no God.

Cross References

Psalm 94:4

They prate, they speak arrogantly: All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.

Psalm 49:6

They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

Exodus 15:9

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My desire shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

Leviticus 26:30

And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your sun-images, and cast your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols; and my soul shall abhor you.

Deuteronomy 29:19

and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry.

Deuteronomy 32:19

And Jehovah saw it , and abhorred them , Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.

1 Samuel 23:21

And Saul said, Blessed be ye of Jehovah; for ye have had compassion on me.

Job 31:24

If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

Psalm 5:6

Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.

Psalm 35:21

Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me; They said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

Psalm 49:11-13

Their inward thought is, that their houses'shall continue for ever, And their dwelling-places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names.

Psalm 49:18

Though while he lived he blessed his soul (And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,)

Psalm 52:1

Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endureth continually.

Psalm 73:8-9

They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.

Proverbs 28:4

They that forsake the law praise the wicked; But such as keep the law contend with them.

Isaiah 10:7-11

Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.

Isaiah 37:23

Whom hast thou defied and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 57:17

For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid my face and was wroth; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.

Jeremiah 22:17

But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

Hosea 12:7-8

He is a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

Micah 6:10-12

Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable?

Habakkuk 2:9

Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

Zechariah 11:5-8

whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah, for I am rich; and their own shepherds pity them not.

Matthew 26:15-16

and said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they weighed unto him thirty pieces of silver.

Luke 12:15

And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

Luke 12:19

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

Luke 16:14-15

And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things; and they scoffed at him.

Romans 1:29

being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

Romans 1:32

who, knowing the ordinance of God, that they that practise such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also consent with them that practise them.

1 Corinthians 6:10

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 5:5

For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Colossians 3:5

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

1 Timothy 6:9-10

But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.

2 Timothy 3:2-4

For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

James 4:13

Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain:

James 4:16

But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.

1 John 2:15

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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