For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, And the covetous renounceth, yea, contemneth Jehovah.
Psalm 36:2 - American Standard Version (1901) For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, That his iniquity will not be found out and be hated. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For he flatters and deceives himself in his own eyes that his iniquity will not be found out and be hated. Common English Bible because in their own eyes they are slick with talk about their guilt ever being found out and despised. Catholic Public Domain Version For they will quickly wither away like dry grass, and in like manner to kitchen herbs, they will soon droop. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For they shall shortly wither away as grass, and as the green herbs shall quickly fall. English Standard Version 2016 For he flatters himself in his own eyes that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated. |
For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, And the covetous renounceth, yea, contemneth Jehovah.
Though while he lived he blessed his soul (And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself),
The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?
How canst thou say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
And they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we before laid to the charge both of Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin;
And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died;
and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry.