Psalms 73:12

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And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?	Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase [in] riches.	Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Behold, these are the ungodly^H7563, who prosper^H7961 in the world^H5769; they increase^H7685 in riches^H2428.

Original Hebrew

הִנֵּה־אֵלֶּה רְשָׁעִים וְשַׁלְוֵי עֹולָם הִשְׂגּוּ־חָיִל׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
הִנֵּה	hi.neh-	H2009	HTm	here!
אֵ֥לֶּה	'E.leh	H428	HPdxcp	these
רְשָׁעִ֑ים	re.sha.'Im	H7563	HAampa	(are) wicked (people)
וְ/שַׁלְוֵ֥י	ve./shal.Vei	H7961	HC/Aampc	and/ (people) at ease of
ע֝וֹלָ֗ם	o.Lam	H5769	HNcmsa	perpetuity
הִשְׂגּוּ	his.gu-	H7685	HVhp3cp	they increase
חָֽיִל	Cha.yil	H2428	HNcmsa	wealth

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H2428 — חַיִל (chayil, khah'-yil): from חוּל; probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength; able, activity, ([phrase]) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, ([phrase]) valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).
H5769 — עוֹלָם (ʻôwlâm, o-lawm'): or עֹלָם; from עָלַם; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always; alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-)) ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world ([phrase] without end). Compare נֶצַח, עַד.
H7563 — רָשָׁע (râshâʻ, raw-shaw'): from רָשַׁע; morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person; [phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
H7685 — שָׂגָה (sâgâh, saw-gaw'): a primitive root; to enlarge (especially upward, also figuratively); grow (up), increase.
H7961 — שָׁלֵו (shâlêv, shaw-lave'): or שָׁלֵיו; feminine שְׁלֵוָה; from שָׁלָה; tranquil; (in a bad sense) careless; abstractly, security; (being) at ease, peaceable, (in) prosper(-ity), quiet(-ness), wealthy.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H428 — אֵלֶּה (ʼêl-leh, ale'-leh): prolonged from אֵל; these or those; an-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).
H2009 — הִנֵּה (hinnêh, hin-nay'): prolongation for הֵן; lo!; behold, lo, see.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

prosper — Psalms 73:3
these — Psalms 37:35, Psalms 52:7, Jeremiah 12:1-2, Luke 16:19, James 5:1-3
they — Psalms 17:14, Psalms 62:10, Jeremiah 5:17, Jeremiah 5:28, Hosea 12:7-8

Related Topics

Thompson Chain: PROSPERITY-ADVERSITY
Torrey’s: RICHES
Nave’s: BLINDNESS, GOD, INTEGRITY, MEDITATION, RICH, THE, TEMPTATION, WICKED (PEOPLE), WORLDLINESS

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