King James Version
Psalms 73:7 in the King James Version says “Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. have: Heb. pass the thoughts of the heart” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 73 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. have: Heb. pass the thoughts of the heart”
Psalms 73:7 · KJV
They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. in: Heb. in the trouble of other men like: Heb. with
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. have: Heb. pass the thoughts of the heart
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“stand out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“with fatness”
H2459fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part
“Their eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“they have more”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
“could wish”
H4906a figure (carved on stone, the wall, or any object); figuratively, imagination
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