Psalms 92:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

When the wicked spring up like the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is so they may be destroyed forever.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִֽישׁ־בַּ֭עַר לֹ֣א יֵדָ֑ע וּ֝כְסִ֗יל לֹא־יָבִ֥ין אֶת־זֹֽאת׃

Transliteration

ʾîš-baʿar not yēdāʿ and kesîl not yābîn ʾet-zōʾt.

Grammar Details

• *ʾîš*-*baʿar*: noun masculine singular construct + noun masculine singular - man of brutishness/foolish man
• not: negative particle lōʾ - not
• *yēdāʿ*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he knows
• and: conjunction wə- - and
• *kesîl*: noun masculine singular absolute - fool
• *yābîn*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he understands
• *ʾet*-*zōʾt*: direct object marker + demonstrative feminine singular - this

Word Meanings

• *ʾîš*-*baʿar*: brutish man/stupid person/senseless person
• *yēdāʿ*: he knows/he perceives/he understands
• *kesîl*: fool/stupid person/dullard
• *yābîn*: he understands/he comprehends/he perceives
• *zōʾt*: this/this thing

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  A senseless person does not know, and a fool does not understand this:

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  When the wicked spring{H8800)} as the grass, and when all the workers{H8802)} of iniquity do flourish{H8686)}; it is that they shall be destroyed{H8736)} for ever:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  That the vngodly are grene as the grasse, and that all the workes of wickednes do florish, to be destroyed for euer.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  (When the wicked growe as the grasse, and all the workers of wickednesse doe flourish) that they shall be destroyed for euer.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Wheras the vngodly do bud vp greene as the grasse, and wheras all workers of iniquitie do florishe: that they notwithstandyng shalbe destroyed for euer and euer.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; [it is] that they shall be destroyed for ever:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Though the wicked spring up as the grass, And all the evil-doers flourish, They will be destroyed forever.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity -- For their being destroyed for ever and ever!

• American Standard Version (1901)

  When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  When the sinners come up like the grass, and all the workers of evil do well for themselves, it is so that their end may be eternal destruction.

• World English Bible (2000)

  though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 73:18-20 : 18 Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction. 19 How they are brought into desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. 20 As a dream when one awakes; so, O Lord, when You wake up, You shall despise their image.
• Ps 37:38 : 38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed altogether; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.
• 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 Because "All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away,
• Job 12:6 : 6 The tents of robbers prosper, and those who provoke God are secure; into whose hand God brings abundantly.
• Job 21:7-9 : 7 Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, grow mighty in power? 8 Their descendants are established with them in their sight, and their offspring before their eyes. 9 Their houses are safe from fear, nor is the rod of God upon them. 10 Their bull breeds and does not fail; their cow calves and does not miscarry. 11 They send out their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. 12 They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice to the sound of the flute.
• Ps 37:1-2 : 1 Do not worry because of evildoers, nor be envious of those who work iniquity. 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb.
• Ps 37:35-36 : 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and indeed, he was no more; yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.
• Ps 73:12 : 12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
• Jer 12:1-2 : 1 Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead with You; yet let me speak with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those happy who deal very treacherously? 2 You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; they grow, yes, they bring forth fruit. You are near in their mouth, but far from their hearts.
• Mal 3:15 : 15 And now we call the proud blessed; yes, those who do wickedness are raised up; yes, those who test God go free.
• Mal 4:1 : 1 For behold, the day comes that shall burn like an oven, and all the proud, yes, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that comes shall burn them up, says the LORD of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
• Luke 16:19-25 : 19 There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted sumptuously every day: 20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; 23 And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and you are tormented.
• Jas 1:10-11 : 10 But the rich in that he is made low, because as the flower of the grass he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with a burning heat, and it withers the grass, and its flower falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes: so also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.
• 1 Sam 25:36-38 : 36 And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; therefore she told him nothing, little or much, until morning light. 37 But in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became like a stone. 38 And it came about ten days later that the LORD struck Nabal, and he died.
• Ps 90:5-6 : 5 You carry them away like a flood; they are like a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which grows up. 6 In the morning it flourishes and grows up; in the evening it is cut down and withers.
• Ps 94:4 : 4 How long shall they utter and speak arrogant things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
• Ps 103:15-16 : 15 As for man, his days are like grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourishes. 16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone; and its place remembers it no more.
• Prov 1:32 : 32 For the turning away of the simple will slay them, and the prosperity of fools will destroy them.
• Isa 37:27 : 27 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blighted before it is grown up.
• Isa 40:6-7 : 6 The voice said, Cry out. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field: 7 The grass withers, the flower fades, because the breath of the LORD blows upon it; surely the people are grass.