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Psalms 36:2

For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.

KJV

quoniam tamquam fœnum velociter arescent, et quemadmodum olera herbarum cito decident.

Vulgate

ὅτι ὡσεὶ χόρτος ταχὺ ἀποξηρανθήσονται, καὶ ὡσεὶ λάχανα χλόης ταχὺ ἀποπεσοῦνται.

LXX

For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, That his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.

ASV

נְאֻֽם פֶּ֣שַׁע לָ֭/רָשָׁע בְּ/קֶ֣רֶב לִבִּ֑/י אֵֽין פַּ֥חַד אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים לְ/נֶ֣גֶד עֵינָֽי/ו

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
וֹ
v
noun · 227×
י
y
noun · 591×
י
y
noun · 93×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
נְאֻם
n'm
noun · 374×
נֶ֣גֶד
ngd
preposition · 148×
פַּ֣חַד
pchd
noun · 49×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 15:18 — And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
  • Deut 29:19 — And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thir
  • Isa 5:18 — Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
  • Luke 6:41 — And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
  • Prov 16:2 — All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
  • Prov 21:2 — Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
  • Prov 30:12 — There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
  • Ps 10:3 — For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
  • Ps 49:18 — Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
  • Rom 7:9 — For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
  • Titus 3:3 — For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.