Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence. New Living Translation They wear pride like a jeweled necklace and clothe themselves with cruelty. English Standard Version Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment. Berean Standard Bible Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them. King James Bible Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. New King James Version Therefore pride serves as their necklace; Violence covers them like a garment. New American Standard Bible Therefore arrogance is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them. NASB 1995 Therefore pride is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them. NASB 1977 Therefore pride is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them. Legacy Standard Bible Therefore lofty pride is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them. Amplified Bible Therefore pride is their necklace; Violence covers them like a garment [like a long, luxurious robe]. Christian Standard Bible Therefore, pride is their necklace, and violence covers them like a garment. Holman Christian Standard Bible Therefore, pride is their necklace, and violence covers them like a garment. American Standard Version Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment. Contemporary English Version Their pride is like a necklace, and they commit sin more often than they dress themselves. English Revised Version Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment. GOD'S WORD® Translation That is why they wear arrogance like a necklace and acts of violence like clothing. Good News Translation And so they wear pride like a necklace and violence like a robe; International Standard Version Therefore pride is their necklace and violence covers them like a garment. Majority Standard Bible Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them. NET Bible Arrogance is their necklace, and violence their clothing. New Heart English Bible Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment. Webster's Bible Translation Therefore pride encompasseth them as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. World English Bible Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionTherefore pride has encircled them, "" Violence covers them as a dress. Young's Literal Translation Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress. Smith's Literal Translation For this, pride surrounded them as a neck-chain; the dress of violence will cover to them. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleTherefore pride hath held them fast: they are covered with their iniquity and their wickedness. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Thus pride adorns them as a necklace; violence clothes them as a robe. New Revised Standard Version Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them like a garment. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleTherefore pride holds them fast; they have concealed their wickedness and ungodliness. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Because of this, contempt has seized them and their evil is covered and their wickedness. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment. Brenton Septuagint Translation Therefore pride has possessed them; they have clothed themselves with their injustice and ungodliness. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Endow the King with Your Justice…5They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men. 6Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them. 7From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.… Cross References Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. James 4:6 But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” 1 Peter 5:5 Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” Isaiah 2:11-12 The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day. / For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled— Proverbs 8:13 To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech. Luke 18:9-14 To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable: / “Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. / The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. ... 1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. Isaiah 3:16-17 The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles— / the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.” Daniel 5:20 But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him. Ezekiel 28:17 Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings. Romans 1:30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. 2 Timothy 3:2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, Isaiah 10:12 So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes. Proverbs 11:2 When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom. Obadiah 1:3-4 The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’ / Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD. Treasury of Scripture Therefore pride compasses them about as a chain; violence covers them as a garment. 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; … 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 3:1,5,6 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… 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 Solomon 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. violence Proverbs 3:31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. 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… covereth Psalm 109:18,29 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… 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. Jump to Previous Behaviour Chain Clothe Clothed Compasseth Covereth Covers Dress Encircled Encompasseth Garment Neck Necklace Pride Reason Robe Round Themselves Violence ViolentJump to Next Behaviour Chain Clothe Clothed Compasseth Covereth Covers Dress Encircled Encompasseth Garment Neck Necklace Pride Reason Robe Round Themselves Violence ViolentPsalm 73 1. The prophet, prevailing in a temptation2. Shows the occasion thereof, the prosperity of the wicked 13. The wound given thereby, diffidence 15. The victory over it, knowledge of God's purpose. Therefore pride is their necklace The word "pride" in Hebrew is "גַּאֲוָה" (ga'avah), which conveys a sense of arrogance and self-exaltation. In the ancient Near Eastern context, a necklace was often a symbol of status and wealth. Here, the psalmist uses the metaphor of a necklace to illustrate how pride is not just an internal attitude but an external display for the wicked. It is as if they wear their arrogance openly for all to see, much like a piece of jewelry that signifies their perceived superiority. This imagery suggests that their pride is both a personal adornment and a public declaration, highlighting the depth of their self-centeredness. they clothe themselves with violence "Therefore pride is their necklace, And violence their mantle." The first metaphor might have been suggested either by the fact that the rich lavished large sums on jewellery, especially necklaces (see Note, Song of Solomon 1:10), or possibly from the usual description of the proud as "stiffnecked." Verse 6. - Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; or, is as a chain about their neck (Revised Version) - makes them stiffen their neck, and hold their head aloft. Not being afflicted, they regard themselves as favourites of Heaven, and are therefore puffed up with pride, which they show in their gait and bearing. Violence covereth them as a garment. Pride and self-conceit naturally lead on to violence, which becomes so habitual to them that it seems like their ordinary apparel (comp. Psalm 109:18, 19). The violence of the great ones in Israel is continually denounced, both by psalmists and prophets (see Psalm 11:2; Psalm 55:9; Psalm 58:2; Psalm 72:14, etc.; Isaiah 1:15; Isaiah 3:15; Isaiah 59:3-7; Hosea 4:1, 2; Amos 3:10, etc.).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Thereforeלָ֭כֵן (lā·ḵên) Adverb Strong's 3651: So -- thus pride גַאֲוָ֑ה (ḡa·’ă·wāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1346: Arrogance, majesty, ornament is their necklace; עֲנָקַ֣תְמוֹ (‘ă·nā·qaṯ·mōw) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 6059: To collar, adorn with a, necklace, to fit out with supplies a garment שִׁ֝֗ית (ṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7897: A garment of violence חָמָ֥ס (ḥā·mās) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2555: Violence, wrong, by meton, unjust gain covers them. יַעֲטָף־ (ya·‘ă·ṭā·p̄ō·ši-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5848: To shroud, clothe, to languish Links Psalm 73:6 NIVPsalm 73:6 NLT Psalm 73:6 ESV Psalm 73:6 NASB Psalm 73:6 KJV Psalm 73:6 BibleApps.com Psalm 73:6 Biblia Paralela Psalm 73:6 Chinese Bible Psalm 73:6 French Bible Psalm 73:6 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 73:6 Therefore pride is like a chain around (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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