Psalms 94:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בִּ֭ינוּ בֹּעֲרִ֣ים בָּעָ֑ם וּ֝כְסִילִ֗ים מָתַ֥י תַּשְׂכִּֽילוּ

Transliteration

bînû bōʿărîm in-the-ʿām û-kəsîlîm mātay taśkîlû

Grammar Details

*bînû*: verb, qal, imperative, masculine, plural - understand/consider
*bōʿărîm*: participle, qal, masculine, plural - brutish ones/stupid ones
*bā-ʿām*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - in the people
*û-kəsîlîm*: conjunction + noun, masculine, plural - and fools
*mātay*: interrogative adverb - when
*taśkîlû*: verb, hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural - you will be wise/understand

Word Meanings

*bînû*: understand/consider/perceive
*bōʿărîm*: brutish ones/stupid ones/dull-hearted
*ʿām*: people/nation
*kəsîlîm*: fools/stupid ones
*taśkîlû*: be wise/understand/have insight

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 92:6 : 6 A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:
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.
Ps 73:22 : 22 So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was [as] a beast before thee.
Deut 32:29 : 29 Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!
Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
Prov 8:5 : 5 O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.
Prov 12:1 : 1 Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Isa 27:11 : 11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.
Jer 8:6-8 : 6 I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repenteth him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turneth to his course, as a horse that rusheth headlong in the battle. 7 Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the law of Jehovah. 8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes hath wrought falsely.
Jer 10:8 : 8 But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.
Rom 3:11 : 11 There is none that understandeth, There is none that seeketh after God;
Titus 3:3 : 3 For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

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