Psalms 58:2 KJV
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
Thou and Ye
- ye, your more than one
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- Wicked judges described and reprovedWhen wrong is done under the form of law, it is worse than any other; especially it is grievous to behold those who profess to be children of God, joining...
Thompson Chains
- Evil HeartSee the chain from Ecclesiastes 8:11 · 7 links
- ViolenceSee the chain from Genesis 6:13 · 8 links
Cross References
- Psalms 94:20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
- Isaiah 10:1 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
- Psalms 21:11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
- Ecclesiastes 3:16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
- Isaiah 26:7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
- Isaiah 59:4–6 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. …
- Jeremiah 22:16–17 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD. …
- Ezekiel 22:12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 22:27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
- Micah 3:1–3 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment? …
- Micah 3:9–12 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. …
- Malachi 3:15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
- John 11:47–53 Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. …
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Topics
- David Probably writes Psalms Eleven at this period of his life
- Depravity of man General scriptures concerning Depravity of man
- Judge Character of, and precepts relating to
- Psalms Didactic
- Rulers Wicked
Hebrew and Strong’s
- Yea, in heart אַף ʾap Affirmation בְּלֵב bĕlēb לֵב Noun · masculine singular · with preposition
- ye work תִּפְעָלוּן tipʿālûn פָּעַל Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine plural
- wickedness עוֹלֹת ʿôlōt עֶוֶל Noun · masculine or feminine plural
- ye weigh תְּפַלֵּסוּן tĕpallēsûn פָּלַס Verb · piel imperfect, second person masculine plural
- the violence חֲמַס ḥămas חָמָס Noun · masculine singular construct
- of your hands יְדֵיכֶם yĕdêkem יָד Noun · masculine or feminine dual construct · with suffix: second person masculine plural
- in the earth בָּאָרֶץ bāʾāreṣ אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with preposition with the
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0
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