Psalm 73:7
New International Version
From their callous hearts comes iniquity; their evil imaginations have no limits.

New Living Translation
These fat cats have everything their hearts could ever wish for!

English Standard Version
Their eyes swell out through fatness; their hearts overflow with follies.

Berean Standard Bible
From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.

King James Bible
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

New King James Version
Their eyes bulge with abundance; They have more than heart could wish.

New American Standard Bible
Their eye bulges from fatness; The imaginations of their heart overflow.

NASB 1995
Their eye bulges from fatness; The imaginations of their heart run riot.

NASB 1977
Their eye bulges from fatness; The imaginations of their heart run riot.

Legacy Standard Bible
Their eye bulges from fatness; The delusions of their heart overflow.

Amplified Bible
Their eye bulges from fatness [they have more than the heart desires]; The imaginations of their mind run riot [with foolishness].

Christian Standard Bible
Their eyes bulge out from fatness; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Their eyes bulge out from fatness; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.

American Standard Version
Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.

Contemporary English Version
Their eyes bulge with fat, and their minds are flooded with foolish thoughts.

English Revised Version
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Their eyes peer out from their fat faces, and their imaginations run wild.

Good News Translation
their hearts pour out evil, and their minds are busy with wicked schemes.

International Standard Version
Their eyes bulge from obesity and the imaginations of their mind cross the border into sin.

Majority Standard Bible
From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.

NET Bible
Their prosperity causes them to do wrong; their thoughts are sinful.

New Heart English Bible
Their sin proceeds forth from fatness. Their hearts overflow with imaginations.

Webster's Bible Translation
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

World English Bible
Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Their eye has come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;

Young's Literal Translation
Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;

Smith's Literal Translation
Their eye will come forth from fat: they passed over the imaginations of the heart.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Their iniquity hath come forth, as it were from fatness: they have passed into the affection of the heart.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Their iniquity has proceeded, as if from fat. They have parted from the affection of the heart.

New American Bible
Out of such blindness comes sin; evil thoughts flood their hearts.

New Revised Standard Version
Their eyes swell out with fatness; their hearts overflow with follies.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Their iniquity comes through like grease; they do according to the evil dictates of the heart.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And their evil comes through like grease and they have done according to the thought of the heart.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Their eyes stand forth from fatness; They are gone beyond the imaginations of their heart.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Their injustice shall go forth as out of fatness: they have fulfilled their intention.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Endow the King with Your Justice
6Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them. 7From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild. 8They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.…

Cross References
James 5:5
You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.

Luke 16:19-31
Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor. / And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores / and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. ...

1 Timothy 6:9-10
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. / For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

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.

Proverbs 18:11
A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.

Revelation 3:17
You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.

Job 15:27
Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,

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.

Matthew 6:19-21
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. / But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. / For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Isaiah 47:8-10
So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’ / These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells. / You were secure in your wickedness; you said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’

Jeremiah 5:28
They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.

Mark 4:19
but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Ezekiel 16:49
Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.

1 Timothy 6:17
Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.

Proverbs 11:28
He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.


Treasury of Scripture

Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

eyes

Psalm 17:10
They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

Psalm 119:70
Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.

Job 15:27
Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

have, etc.

Psalm 73:12
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

Psalm 17:14
From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

1 Samuel 25:2,36
And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel…

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Psalm 73
1. The prophet, prevailing in a temptation
2. 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.














Their eyes bulge with abundance
The phrase "Their eyes bulge with abundance" paints a vivid picture of the overwhelming prosperity and excess enjoyed by the wicked. The Hebrew word for "bulge" here can be understood as "protrude" or "swell," indicating an excess that is almost grotesque. This imagery suggests that their wealth and prosperity are so great that it is visibly apparent, even to the point of being excessive. In a historical context, this could be likened to the opulence of ancient Near Eastern kings and nobles, whose wealth was often displayed in their lavish attire and feasts. Theologically, this serves as a reminder of the temporal nature of earthly riches and the danger of allowing material abundance to lead one away from God.

their imaginations overflow with follies
The phrase "their imaginations overflow with follies" speaks to the moral and spiritual corruption that accompanies their material excess. The Hebrew word for "imaginations" can also be translated as "thoughts" or "schemes," suggesting a deep-seated inclination towards evil. "Overflow" indicates that their minds are not just occasionally touched by folly, but are saturated with it, leading to a life characterized by foolishness and sin. Historically, this reflects the biblical theme of the heart's inclination towards evil, as seen in Genesis 6:5, where every intention of the thoughts of man's heart was only evil continually. From a scriptural perspective, this serves as a warning against allowing one's heart and mind to be consumed by ungodly desires, emphasizing the need for a heart aligned with God's wisdom and righteousness.

(7) Stand out with fatness.--Literally, go out from fat. Which, if referring to the appearance, is exactly the opposite to what we should expect. Sunken in fat would express the idea of gross sensuality. The eyes and heart are evidently used as in Jeremiah 22:17, the eyes as giving the outward index of what the heart wishes; and if we take the eyes here to mean not the organs of sight, but, by metonymy, the looks (comp. Song of Solomon 4:9), "they look out of fatness," the expression is intelligible enough. Or we might perhaps take the eyes to stand for the countenance. (See Gesenius, sub voc.), their countenance stands out because of fatness. Or, by taking this clause in direct parallelism with the following, we might understand that restless looking about for fresh excitement which comes of satiety. The following lines illustrate the whole verse:

"Triumphant plenty, with a cheerful grace,

Basks in their eyes, and sparkles in their face;

How sleek they look, how goodly is their mien,

When big they strut behind a double chin."

--DRYDEN.

They have more.--See margin. Or the verb may be intransitive: the imaginations of their hearts overflow.

Verse 7. - Their eyes stand out with fatness. Their eyes, which gloat upon the luxuries around them, seem to stand out from their fat and bloated faces (comp. Job 15:27; Psalm 17:10). They have more than heart could wish; literally, the imaginations of their heart overflew. The exact meaning is doubtful.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
From their callous hearts
עֵינֵ֑מוֹ (‘ê·nê·mōw)
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

proceeds
יָ֭צָא (yā·ṣā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

iniquity;
מֵחֵ֣לֶב (mê·ḥê·leḇ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2459: Fat, richest, choice part

the imaginations
מַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹת (maś·kî·yō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 4906: A showpiece, figure, imagination

of their hearts
לֵבָֽב׃ (lê·ḇāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart

run wild.
עָ֝בְר֗וּ (‘ā·ḇə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on


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