Then Adonai saw that the wickedness of humankind was great on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their heart was only evil all the time.
Psalm 10:4 - Tree of Life Version The wicked one, with his nose in the air, never seeks Him. All his thoughts are: “There is no God.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The wicked one in the pride of his countenance will not seek, inquire for, and yearn for God; all his thoughts are that there is no God [so He never punishes]. American Standard Version (1901) The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith, He will not require it. All his thoughts are, There is no God. Common English Bible At the peak of their wrath, the wicked don’t seek God: There’s no God— that’s what they are always thinking. Catholic Public Domain Version For they have destroyed the things that you have completed. But what has the just one done? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For they have destroyed the things which thou hast made: but what has the just man done? |
Then Adonai saw that the wickedness of humankind was great on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their heart was only evil all the time.
Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret —him I will silence. Who has haughty eyes and a proud heart —him I will not tolerate.
But Pharaoh said, “Who is Adonai, that I should listen to His voice and let Israel go? I do not know Adonai, and besides, I will not let Israel go.”
There is a generation whose eyes are so haughty, whose eyelids are lifted up disdainfully.
lest I become satisfied and deny You and say, “Who is Adonai?” Or lest I become poor, and steal and profane the Name of my God.
When the sentence against a crime is not swiftly carried out, the human heart is encouraged to do evil.
The man of haughty eyes is humbled, the lofty ones brought low, for Adonai alone will be exalted in that day.
The expression of their faces bears witness against them. They display their sin like Sodom— they do not hide it. Oy , their souls! For they brought evil on themselves.
Their feet run after evil. They rush to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity. Violence and ruin are on their highways.
I have stretched out My hands all day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own thoughts.
You, generation, heed Adonai’s word! “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of thick darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam. We won’t come to You any more’?
O Jerusalem, purify your heart from wickedness, so that you may be saved. How long will your wicked thoughts lodge within you?
At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men whose spirits have hardened, who say in their hearts, ‘Adonai will do neither good nor evil.’
Seek Adonai, all you humble of the land who have executed His judgment. Seek righteousness; seek meekness! Perhaps you will be hidden on the day of Adonai’s wrath.
For from within, out of the heart of men, come evil intentions, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be pardoned.
for even though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or give Him thanks. Instead, their thinking became futile, and their senseless hearts were made dark.
And just as they did not see fit to recognize God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what is not fitting.
At that time you were separate from Messiah, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
then your heart will be haughty and you will forget Adonai your God. He brought you out from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery.