Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Their eye bulges from fatness;
The imaginations of their heart run riot.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Their eyes bulge out from fatness;
the imaginations of their hearts run wild.

International Standard Version

Their eyes bulge from obesity and the imaginations of their mind cross the border into sin.

A Conservative Version

Their eyes stand out with fatness. They have more than heart could wish.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


Their eye bulges from fatness [they have more than the heart desires];
The imaginations of their mind run riot [with foolishness].

Bible in Basic English

Their eyes are bursting with fat; they have more than their heart's desire.

Darby Translation

Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:

Julia Smith Translation

Their eye will come forth from fat: they passed over the imaginations of the heart

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Their eye bulges from fat. Imaginings overflow [their] heart.

Modern King James verseion

Their eyes stand out with fatness; they have more than the heart could imagine.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Their eyes swell with fatness, and they do even what they lust.

NET Bible

Their prosperity causes them to do wrong; their thoughts are sinful.

New Heart English Bible

Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.

The Emphasized Bible

Their iniquity, hath proceeded from fatness, They have surpassed the imaginations of the heart;

Webster

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

World English Bible

Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.

Youngs Literal Translation

Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;

References

Easton

Context Readings

God's Ways Vindicated

6 That is why arrogance is their necklace and violence covers them like clothing. 7 Their eye bulges from fatness;
The imaginations of their heart run riot.
8 They ridicule. They speak maliciously. They speak arrogantly about oppression.

Cross References

Job 15:27

His face is covered with fat and his waist bulges with flesh.

Psalm 17:10

They have no feeling. Their mouths have spoken arrogantly.

Jeremiah 5:28

They grow big and fat. Their evil deeds have no limits. They have no respect for the rights of others. They have no respect for the rights of orphans. But they still prosper. They do not defend the rights of the poor.

1 Samuel 25:2

There was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very rich man. He had three thousand sheep and one thousand goats. He sheared his sheep in Carmel.

1 Samuel 25:36

When Abigail came to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his home. It was like a king's banquet. He was in a good mood and very drunk, so she did not tell him anything until dawn.

Psalm 17:14

With your power (by your hand) rescue me from mortals, O Jehovah, from mortals who look forward only to this life. You fill their bellies with your treasure. Their children are satisfied with it, and they leave what remains to their children.

Psalm 73:12

Behold, these are the ungodly. They prosper in the world; they increase in wealth.

Psalm 119:70

Their heart is like fat (callous and without feeling), But I delight in your law.

Isaiah 3:9

The expression on their faces will be held against them. They boast about their sins! They are like those of the people of Sodom. They do not even bother to hide them. How horrible it will be for these people. They have brought disaster on themselves.

Ezekiel 16:49

This was the guilt of your sister Sodom. She and her daughters had arrogance, abundant food and careless ease, but she did not help the poor and needy.

Luke 12:16-19

He spoke an illustration to them: The land of a rich man produced well.

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