Psalm 73:6

Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data

"Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment."

Word-by-Word Analysis

כֵּן

kên

H3651

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...

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גָּאוֹן

gâʼôwn

H1347

{arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament}

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סָבַב

çâbab

H5437

to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively

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them

סָבִיב

çâbîyb

H5439

(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around

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as a

הַמְנִיךְ

hamnîyk

H2002

a necklace

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חָמָס

châmâç

H2555

violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain

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כָּסָה

kâçâh

H3680

properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)

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them as a

בֶּגֶד

beged

H899

a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage

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Key Terms in This Verse

compasseth H5437

סָבַב çâbab

to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively

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chain H2002

הַמְנִיךְ hamnîyk

a necklace

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covereth H3680

כָּסָה kâçâh

properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)

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pride H1347

גָּאוֹן gâʼôwn

{arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament}

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violence H2555

חָמָס châmâç

violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain

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garment H899

בֶּגֶד beged

a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage

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about H5439

סָבִיב çâbîyb

(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around

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Therefore H3651

כֵּן kên

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)

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Cross References

Psalm 109:18 cross-reference

As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

1 Peter 5:5 cross-reference

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

Daniel 4:30 cross-reference

The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

Judges 8:26 cross-reference

And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside ...

Proverbs 1:9 cross-reference

For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

Proverbs 4:17 cross-reference

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

Ecclesiastes 8:11 cross-reference

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

Jeremiah 48:29 cross-reference

We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.

Deuteronomy 32:15 cross-reference

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

Micah 3:5 cross-reference

Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.

Jeremiah 48:11 cross-reference

Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and h...

Psalm 109:29 cross-reference

Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.

Esther 3:1 cross-reference

After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.

Genesis 41:42 cross-reference

And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;

Ezekiel 16:11 cross-reference

I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.

Isaiah 3:19 cross-reference

The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,

Proverbs 3:31 cross-reference

Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

Song of Solomon 4:9 cross-reference

Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

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