Psalms 92:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מַה־גָּדְל֣וּ מַעֲשֶׂ֣יךָ יְהוָ֑ה מְ֝אֹ֗ד עָמְק֥וּ מַחְשְׁבֹתֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

How gādlû maʿăśeykā YHWH meʾōd ʿāmqû maḥšebōteykā.

Grammar Details

How: interrogative mah - how/what
*gādlû*: Qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they are great
*maʿăśeykā*: noun masculine plural construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your works
*YHWH*: divine name - YHWH/LORD
*meʾōd*: adverb - very/exceedingly
*ʿāmqû*: Qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they are deep
*maḥšebōteykā*: noun feminine plural construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your thoughts

Word Meanings

*gādlû*: they are great/they are magnificent/they are exalted
*maʿăśeykā*: your works/your deeds/your actions
*YHWH*: LORD/Yahweh/Jehovah (divine name)
*meʾōd*: very/exceedingly/greatly
*ʿāmqû*: they are deep/they are profound/they are unfathomable
*maḥšebōteykā*: your thoughts/your plans/your designs

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 73:22 : 22 So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was [as] a beast before thee.
Ps 94:8 : 8 Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Ps 49:10 : 10 For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.
1 Cor 2:14 : 14 Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he {G3756} cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.
Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
Prov 24:7 : 7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.
Prov 30:2 : 2 Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man;
Isa 1:3 : 3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; [but] Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Jer 10:14 : 14 Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
Luke 12:20 : 20 But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?
Ps 75:4 : 4 I said unto the arrogant, Deal not arrogantly; And to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
Ps 14:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; There is none that doeth good.
Ps 32:9 : 9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; Whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, [Else] they will not come near unto thee.

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