Psalm 12:8
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
פֵּאָה
pêʼâh
properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
זֻלּוּת
zullûwth
properly, a shaking, i.e. perhaps a tempest
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
רוּם
rûwm
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
רוּם rûwm
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
Study H7311 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →פֵּאָה pêʼâh
properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
Study H6285 →Cross References
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye sha...
And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
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