3For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the covetous, whom the LORD abhors.


In Context

1 Why stand you afar off, O LORD? why hide you yourself in times of trouble?

2 The wicked in his pride does persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the covetous, whom the LORD abhors.

4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

5 His ways are always grievous; your judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffs at them.

Psalm 10:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:3For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:3He boasts of the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord .

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:3For the sinner is praised in the desires of his soul: and the unjust man is blessed.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, yea , contemneth Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:3For the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and the covetous renounceth, yea, contemneth the LORD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:3For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings. He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:3Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.