Psalm 94:8
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
בִּין
bîyn
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
בָּעַר
bâʻar
to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
כְּסִיל
kᵉçîyl
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
חָכָם
châkâm
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
Key Terms in This Verse
בָּעַר bâʻar
to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish
Study H1197 →בִּין bîyn
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
Study H995 →עַם ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
Study H5971 →Cross References
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, a...
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
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