King James Version
Psalms 92:6 in the King James Version says “A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 92 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.”
Psalms 92:6 · KJV
For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“A brutish”
H1198properly, foot (as consumed); i.e., (by exten.) of cattle brutishness; (concretely) stupid
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“knoweth”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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