Psalm 14:4 Parallel Translations

Are all those troublemakers, those who devour my people as if they were devouring food, so ignorant that they do not call on the LORD?(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And call not upon Jehovah?

BBE:

Have all the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food as they would take bread; they make no prayer to the Lord.

DBY:

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, eating up my people as they eat bread? They call not upon Jehovah.

ERV:

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

JPS:

Shall not all the workers of iniquity know it, who eat up My people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD?'

WBS:

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

WEB:

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don't call on Yahweh?

YLT:

Have all working iniquity not known? Those consuming my people have eaten bread, Jehovah they have not called.

Psalm 14:4 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 27:2 When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.

Psalm 79:6 Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which do not know You, And upon the kingdoms which do not call upon Your name.

Psalm 82:5 They do not know nor do they understand; They walk about in darkness; All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Isaiah 64:7 There is no one who calls on Your name, Who arouses himself to take hold of You; For You have hidden Your face from us And have delivered us into the power of our iniquities.

Jeremiah 10:25 Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not know You And on the families that do not call Your name; For they have devoured Jacob; They have devoured him and consumed him And have laid waste his habitation.

Micah 3:3 Who eat the flesh of my people, Strip off their skin from them, Break their bones And chop them up as for the pot And as meat in a kettle." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

14:4 Bread - With as little remorse, and with as much greediness. Call not - They are guilty not only of gross injustice towards men, but also of horrid impiety and contempt of God.

MHC:

14:1-7 A description of the depravity of human nature, and the deplorable corruption of a great part of mankind. - The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. The sinner here described is an atheist, one that saith there is no Judge or Governor of the world, no Providence ruling over the affairs of men. He says this in his heart. He cannot satisfy himself that there is none, but wishes there were none, and pleases himself that it is possible there may be none; he is willing to think there is none. This sinner is a fool; he is simple and unwise, and this is evidence of it: he is wicked and profane, and this is the cause. The word of God is a discerner of these thoughts. No man will say, There is no God, till he is so hardened in sin, that it is become his interest that there should be none to call him to an account. The disease of sin has infected the whole race of mankind. They are all gone aside, there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Whatever good is in any of the children of men, or is done by them, it is not of themselves, it is God's work in them. They are gone aside from the right way of their duty, the way that leads to happiness, and are turned into the paths of the destroyer. Let us lament the corruption of our nature, and see what need we have of the grace of God: let us not marvel that we are told we must be born again. And we must not rest in any thing short of union with Christ, and a new creation to holiness by his Spirit. The psalmist endeavours to convince sinners of the evil and danger of their way, while they think themselves very wise, and good, and safe. Their wickedness is described. Those that care not for God's people, for God's poor, care not for God himself. People run into all manner of wickedness, because they do not call upon God for his grace. What good can be expected from those that live without prayer? But those that will not fear God, may be made to fear at the shaking of a leaf. All our knowledge of the depravity of human nature should endear to us salvation out of Zion. But in heaven alone shall the whole company of the redeemed rejoice fully, and for evermore. The world is bad; oh that the Messiah would come and change its character! There is universal corruption; oh for the times of reformation! The triumphs of Zion's King will be the joys of Zion's children. The second coming of Christ, finally to do away the dominion of sin and Satan, will be the completing of this salvation, which is the hope, and will be the joy of every Israelite indeed. With this assurance we should comfort ourselves and one another, under the sins of sinners and sufferings of saints.

CONC:

Bread Consuming Devour Eat Eaten Eating Evil Evildoers Iniquity Learn Prayer Wickedness Workers Working

Bread Consuming Devour Eat Eaten Evil Evildoers Food Iniquity Learn Prayer Wickedness Workers Working

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