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Psalms 12:8

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— The wicked strut about on every side When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— The wicked walk on every side, when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— The wicked walk on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— The wicked walk about on every side, when vileness is exalted among the children of men.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— On every side, the lawless, march about,—when worthlessness is exalted by the sons of men.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Around the wicked walk continually, According as vileness is exalted by sons of men!
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— The wicked walk round about: according to thy highness, thou hast multiplied the children of men.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— The wicked walke on euery side: when they are exalted, it is a shame for the sonnes of men.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— The wicked walke on euery side, when the vilest men are exalted.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— For the wicked walk everywhere with contemptible pride like the children of Edom.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— The ungodly walk around: according to thy greatness thou has greatly exalted the sons of men.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
The wicked 7563
{7563} Prime
רָשָׁע
rasha`
{raw-shaw'}
From H7561; morally wrong; concretely an (actively) bad person.
walk 1980
{1980} Prime
הָלַךְ
halak
{haw-lak'}
Akin to H3212; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively).
z8691
<8691> Grammar
Stem - Hithpael (See H8819)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 533
on every side, 5439
{5439} Prime
סָבִיב
cabiyb
{saw-beeb'}
From H5437; (as noun) a circle, neighbor, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around.
when the vilest 2149
{2149} Prime
זֻלּוּת
zulluwth
{zool-looth'}
From H2151; properly a shaking, that is, perhaps a tempest.
men 120
{0120} Prime
אָדָם
'adam
{aw-dawm'}
From H0119; ruddy, that is, a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.).
y1121
[1121] Standard
בֵּן
ben
{bane}
From H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H0001, H0251, etc.).
are exalted. 7311
{7311} Prime
רוּם
ruwm
{room}
A primitive root; to be high actively to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively).
z8800
<8800> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Infinitive (See H8812)
Count - 4888
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Psalms 12:8

_ _ The wicked roam undisturbed doing evil, when vileness and vile men are exalted.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 12:1-8.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 12:8

Walk — They fill all places, and go about boldly and securely.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 12:8

The wicked walk on every side, (g) when the vilest men are exalted.

(g) For they suppress the godly and maintain the wicked.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
wicked:

Proverbs 29:12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants [are] wicked.
Hosea 5:11 Ephraim [is] oppressed [and] broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
Micah 6:16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

when:

Judges 9:18-57 And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he [is] your brother;) ... And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
1 Samuel 18:17-18 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him. ... And David said unto Saul, Who [am] I? and what [is] my life, [or] my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?
Esther 3:6-15 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that [were] throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, [even] the people of Mordecai. ... The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.
Isaiah 32:4-6 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. ... For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
Mark 14:63-65 Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses? ... And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.

men:
Heb. of the sons of men,
Job 30:8 [They were] children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
Daniel 11:21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Jg 9:18. 1S 18:17. Es 3:6. Jb 30:8. Pv 29:12. Is 32:4. Dn 11:21. Ho 5:11. Mi 6:16. Mk 14:63.

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