Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
Holman Bible
the one who is greedy curses
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.
American Standard Version
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, yea , contemneth Jehovah.
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.
Themes
Boasting » Boasting, the folly of
Boasting » Who boasts of their heart’s desire
Character » Of the wicked » Boastful
Character of the wicked » Boastful
Covetousness » Commended by the wicked alone
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 10:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Prayer For God To Throw Down The Wicked
2 Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised. 3 Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah. 4 The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. 'God is not!' are all his devices.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 94:4
They utter -- they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves.
Psalm 49:6
Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.
Exodus 15:9
The enemy said, I pursue, I overtake; I apportion spoil; Filled is my soul with them; I draw out my sword; My hand destroyeth them: --
Leviticus 26:30
And I have destroyed your high places, and cut down your images, and have put your carcases on the carcases of your idols, and My soul hath loathed you;
Deuteronomy 29:19
'And it hath been, in his hearing the words of this oath, and he hath blessed himself in his heart, saying, I have peace, though in the stubbornness of my heart I go on, in order to end the fulness with the thirst.
Deuteronomy 32:19
And Jehovah seeth and despiseth -- For the provocation of His sons and His daughters.
1 Samuel 23:21
And Saul saith, 'Blessed are ye of Jehovah, for ye have pity on me;
Job 31:24
If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, 'My trust,'
Psalm 5:6
Thou destroyest those speaking lies, A man of blood and deceit Jehovah doth abominate.
Psalm 35:21
And they enlarge against me their mouth, They said, 'Aha, aha, our eye hath seen.'
Psalm 49:11-13
Their heart is: Their houses are to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.
Psalm 49:18
For his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.)
Psalm 52:1
To the Overseer. -- An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, 'David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God is all the day.
Psalm 73:8-9
They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak.
Proverbs 28:4
Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them.
Isaiah 10:7-11
And he -- he thinketh not so, And his heart reckoneth not so, For -- to destroy is in his heart, And to cut off nations not a few.
Isaiah 37:23
Whom hast thou reproached and reviled? And against whom lifted up the voice? Yea, thou dost lift up on high thine eyes Against the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 57:17
For the iniquity of his dishonest gain, I have been wroth, and I smite him, Hiding -- and am wroth, And he goeth on turning back in the way of his heart.
Jeremiah 22:17
But thine eyes and thy heart are not, Except on thy dishonest gain, And on shedding of innocent blood, And on oppression, and on doing of violence.
Hosea 12:7-8
Canaan! in his hand are balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.
Micah 6:10-12
Are there yet in the house of the wicked Treasures of wickedness, And the abhorred scanty ephah?
Habakkuk 2:9
Woe to him who is gaining evil gain for his house, To set on high his nest, To be delivered from the hand of evil,
Zechariah 11:5-8
Whose buyers slay them, and are not guilty, And their sellers say, Blessed is Jehovah, And I am rich, And their shepherds have no pity on them.
Matthew 26:15-16
'What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him up to you?' and they weighed out to him thirty silverlings,
Luke 12:15
And he said unto them, 'Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'
Luke 12:19
and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.
Luke 16:14-15
And also the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were deriding him,
Romans 1:29
having been filled with all unrighteousness, whoredom, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers,
Romans 1:32
who the righteous judgment of God having known -- that those practising such things are worthy of death -- not only do them, but also have delight with those practising them.
1 Corinthians 6:10
nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, the reign of God shall inherit.
Ephesians 5:5
for this ye know, that every whoremonger, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, hath no inheritance in the reign of the Christ and God.
Colossians 3:5
Put to death, then, your members that are upon the earth -- whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry --
1 Timothy 6:9-10
and those wishing to be rich, do fall into temptation and a snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men into ruin and destruction,
2 Timothy 3:2-4
for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind,
James 4:13
Go, now, ye who are saying, 'To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;'
James 4:16
and now ye glory in your pride; all such glorying is evil;
1 John 2:15
Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him,