Psalm 73:22
Old Testament • 4 words with Strong's data
"So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כְּסִיל
kᵉçîyl
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
ἀγνοέω
agnoéō
not to know (through lack of information or intelligence); by implication, to ignore (through disinclination)
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
Key Terms in This Verse
ἀγνοέω agnoéō
not to know (through lack of information or intelligence); by implication, to ignore (through disinclination)
Study G50 →חַי chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Study H2416 →פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →Cross References
I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
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