King James Version
Psalms 14:4 in the King James Version says “Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.”
Psalms 14:4 · KJV
The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. filthy: Heb. stinking
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous. were: Heb. they feared a fear
Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“no knowledge”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“Have all the workers”
H6466to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
“of iniquity”
H205strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
“my people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“not upon the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and call”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
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