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Psalm 94

Psa. 94:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Understand
biyn (Hebrew #995)
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
KJV usage: attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
Pronounce: bene
Origin: a primitive root
w, ye brutish
ba`ar (Hebrew #1197)
to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); also (as denominative from 1198) to be(-come) brutish
KJV usage: be brutish, bring (put, take) away, burn, (cause to) eat (up), feed, heat, kindle, set ((on fire)), waste.
Pronounce: baw-ar'
Origin: a primitive root
among the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
: and ye fools
kciyl (Hebrew #3684)
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
KJV usage: fool(-ish).
Pronounce: kes-eel'
Origin: from 3688
, when will ye be wise
sakal (Hebrew #7919)
to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent
KJV usage: consider, expert, instruct, prosper, (deal) prudent(-ly), (give) skill(-ful), have good success, teach, (have, make to) understand(-ing), wisdom, (be, behave self, consider, make) wise(- ly), guide wittingly.
Pronounce: saw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
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Psa. 92:6• 6A brutish man knoweth not,{HR}And a fool doth not understand this. (Psa. 92:6)
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Rom. 3:11• 11there is not the [man] that understandeth; there is not the [man] that seeketh out God. (Rom. 3:11)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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brutish.
Psa. 49:10• 10For he seeth [that] wise men die;{HR}Together the fool and the brutish man perish{HR}And have left to others their wealth. (Psa. 49:10)
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Psa. 73:22• 22And I [was] brutish and knew nothing:{HR}A beast I was with thee. (Psa. 73:22)
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Psa. 92:6• 6A brutish man knoweth not,{HR}And a fool doth not understand this. (Psa. 92:6)
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Prov. 12:1• 1Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge,{HR}But he that hateth reproof [is] brutish. (Prov. 12:1)
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Isa. 27:11• 11When its branches are withered, they shall be broken off: 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, and he that formed them will show them no favour. (Isa. 27:11)
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Jer. 8:6‑8• 6{i}I hearkened and heard: they speak not what is right; there is no man who repenteth him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? Every one turneth to his course, like a horse rushing into the battle.{/i}
 7Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of Jehovah.
 8{i}How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? Behold, certainly the lying pen of the scribes hath made it falsehood.{/i} (Jer. 8:6‑8)
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Jer. 10:8• 8{i}But they are one and all senseless and foolish; the teaching of vanities is a stock.{/i} (Jer. 10:8)
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Rom. 3:11• 11there is not the [man] that understandeth; there is not the [man] that seeketh out God. (Rom. 3:11)
fools.
Deut. 32:29• 29{i}Oh that they had been wise!{HR}They would have understood this;{HR}They would have considered their latter end!{HR}{/i} (Deut. 32:29)
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Prov. 1:22• 22How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness,{HR}And scorners delight them in scorning,{HR}And fools hate wisdom? (Prov. 1:22)
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Prov. 8:5• 5O ye simple, understand prudence;{HR}And, ye foolish, be of understanding heart. (Prov. 8:5)
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Titus 3:3• 3For at one time even we were foolish, disobedient, gone astray, in slavery to divers lusts and pleasures, passing time in malice and envy, abominable, hating one another. (Titus 3:3)
• (vv. 8-11) A solemn warning is addressed to the unbelieving mass of the nation, who are in alliance with the wicked, as to the folly and evil of their way. They are addressed as the “brutish among the people.” (“Psalm 94” by H. Smith)
• The remnant then plead with the apostate nation to consider that the Lord knows and sees all of their wickedness and therefore to repent of it. They exhort any among them to be found in the way of “the blessed man” who waits on God and is instructed out of His law (vs. 8-15). (“Book 4.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Understand, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

W. Kelly Translation

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Consider, ye brutish among the people,{HR}And fools, when will ye be wise?