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Psalms 73:6

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Therefore pride is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them [as] a garment.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Therefore pride encompasseth them as a chain; violence covereth them [as] a garment.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them [as] a garment;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— For this cause, doth arrogance deck them as a neck-chain, And a garment of wrong is their attire;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Therefore pride hath held them fast: they are covered with their iniquity and their wickedness.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Therefore pride is as a chayne vnto them, and crueltie couereth them as a garment.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chaine: violence couereth them [as] a garment.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Therefore pride holds them fast; they have concealed their wickedness and ungodliness.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Therefore pride has possessed them; they have clothed themselves with their injustice and ungodliness.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them [as] a garment.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Therefore x3651
(3651) Complement
כֵּן
ken
{kane}
From H3559; properly set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjugation) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles).
pride 1346
{1346} Prime
גַּאֲוָה
ga`avah
{gah-av-aw'}
From H1342; arrogance or majesty; by implication (concretely) ornament.
compasseth them about as a chain; 6059
{6059} Prime
עָנַק
`anaq
{aw-nak'}
A primitive root; properly to choke; used only as denominative from H6060, to collar, that is, adorn with a necklace; figuratively to fit out with supplies.
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
violence 2555
{2555} Prime
חָמָס
chamac
{khaw-mawce'}
From H2554; violence; by implication wrong; by metonymy unjust gain.
covereth 5848
{5848} Prime
עָטַף
`ataph
{aw-taf'}
A primitive root; to shroud, that is, clothe (whether transitively or reflexively); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
them [as] a garment. 7897
{7897} Prime
שִׁית
shiyth
{sheeth}
From H7896; a dress (as put on).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 73:3-9.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 73:1-14.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 73:6

(c) Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them [as] a garment.

(c) They glory in their pride as some do in their chains, and in cruelty, as some do in apparel.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
Therefore:

Deuteronomy 8:13-14 And [when] thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; ... Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
Deuteronomy 32:15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered [with fatness]; then he forsook God [which] made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Esther 3:1 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that [were] with him.
Esther 3:5-6 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. ... 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.
Esther 5:9-11 Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai. ... And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all [the things] wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
Job 21:7-15 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? ... What [is] the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Ecclesiastes 8:11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Jeremiah 48:11 Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.
Jeremiah 48:29 We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.
Ezekiel 28:2-5 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart [is] lifted up, and thou hast said, I [am] a God, I sit [in] the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou [art] a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: ... By thy great wisdom [and] by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
Daniel 4:30 The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

as a chain:

Judges 8:26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred [shekels] of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that [was] on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that [were] about their camels' necks.
Proverbs 1:9 For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Song of Songs 4:9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, [my] spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
Isaiah 3:19 The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
Ezekiel 16:11 I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.

violence:

Proverbs 3:31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
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Proverbs 4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Micah 2:1-2 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. ... And they covet fields, and take [them] by violence; and houses, and take [them] away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Micah 3:5 Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
James 5:4-6 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. ... Ye have condemned [and] killed the just; [and] he doth not resist you.

covereth:

Psalms 109:18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
Psalms 109:29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
1 Peter 5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all [of you] be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Dt 8:13; 32:15. Jg 8:26. Es 3:1, 5; 5:9. Jb 21:7. Ps 109:18, 29. Pv 1:9; 3:31; 4:17. Ec 8:11. So 4:9. Is 3:19. Jr 48:11, 29. Ezk 16:11; 28:2. Dn 4:30. Mi 2:1; 3:5. Jm 5:4. 1P 5:5.

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