Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

The wicked man, in the pride of his countenance, [says], He will not require [it]. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

New American Standard Bible

The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, does not seek Him.
All his thoughts are, “There is no God.”

King James Version

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

Holman Bible

In all his scheming,
the wicked arrogantly thinks:
“There is no accountability,
since God does not exist.”

International Standard Version

With haughty arrogance, the wicked thinks, "God will not seek justice." He always presumes "There is no God."

American Standard Version

The wicked, in the pride of his countenance,'saith , He will not require it . All his thoughts are, There is no God.

Amplified


The wicked, in the haughtiness of his face, will not seek nor inquire for Him;
All his thoughts are, “There is no God [so there is no accountability or punishment].”

Bible in Basic English

The evil-doer in his pride says, God will not make a search. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

Darby Translation

The wicked saith, in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is no God!

Julia Smith Translation

The unjust according to the height of his anger, will not seek: God is not in all his thoughts.

King James 2000

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in any of his thoughts.

Lexham Expanded Bible

{With bald-faced pride} [the] wicked will not seek [God]. There is no God in any of his thoughts.

Modern King James verseion

Through the pride of his face the wicked will not seek Him; There is no God in all his schemes.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The ungodly is so proud and full of indignation, that he careth not for God: neither is God in all his thoughts.

NET Bible

The wicked man is so arrogant he always thinks, "God won't hold me accountable; he doesn't care."

New Heart English Bible

The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.

The Emphasized Bible

The lawless one, in the loftiness of his countenance, will not enquire, God is not in any of his plots:

Webster

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

World English Bible

The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.

Youngs Literal Translation

The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. 'God is not!' are all his devices.

Interlinear

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

גּבהּ 
Gobahh 
Usage: 17

will not seek
דּרשׁ 
Darash 
Usage: 164

אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

References

American

Fausets

Hastings

God

Context Readings

A Prayer For God To Throw Down The Wicked

3 For the wicked man boasts of his heart's desire. And the greedy man renounces, [yea], despises LORD. 4 The wicked man, in the pride of his countenance, [says], He will not require [it]. All his thoughts are, There is no God. 5 His ways are profane at all times. Thy judgments are far above out of his sight. As for all his adversaries, he puffs at them.

Cross References

Psalm 53:1

The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity. There is none who does good.

Genesis 6:5

And LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Exodus 5:2

And Pharaoh said, Who is LORD, that I should hearken to his voice to let Israel go? I do not know LORD, and moreover I will not let Israel go.

Deuteronomy 8:14

then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget LORD thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage,

Job 22:17

who said to God, Depart from us, and, What can the Almighty do for us?

Psalm 14:1-2

The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none that does good.

Psalm 18:27

For thou will save the afflicted people, but the haughty eyes thou will bring down.

Psalm 27:8

My heart said to thee, I have sought thy face. O LORD, I will seek thy face.

Psalm 36:1

The transgression of the wicked man says within my heart, There is no fear of God before his eyes.

Psalm 101:5

He who slanders his neighbor secretly, him I will destroy. He who has a high look and a proud heart I will not endure.

Proverbs 6:17

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

Proverbs 21:4

A high look, and a proud heart, [even] the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

Proverbs 30:9

lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who is LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and use the name of my God profanely.

Proverbs 30:13

There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes, and their eyelids are lifted up.

Isaiah 2:11

The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 3:9

The show of their countenance witnesses against them, and they declare their sin as Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have done evil to themselves.

Isaiah 59:7

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity. Desolation and destruction are in their paths.

Isaiah 65:2

I have spread out my hands all the day to a {disobedient and (LXX/NT)} rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, according to their own thoughts,

Jeremiah 2:31

O generation, see ye the word of LORD. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, We have broken loose. We will come no more to thee?

Daniel 5:22-23

And thou his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled thy heart, though thou knew all this,

Zephaniah 2:3

Seek ye LORD, all ye meek of the earth who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness, seek meekness. It may be ye will be hid in the day of LORD's anger.

Mark 7:21

For from inside the heart of men proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts,

Acts 8:22

Repent therefore from this thine evil, and beg God, if perhaps the thought of thy heart will be forgiven thee.

Romans 1:21

Because, although knowing God, they did not glorify him as God, nor were they thankful, but became vain in their reasonings and their heart was darkened without understanding.

Romans 1:28

And just as they did not approve having God in knowledge, God gave them over to an unfit mind, to do things that are not fit;

Ephesians 2:12

that ye were at that time independent of Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and alien of the covenants of the promise, having no hope and godless in the world.

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