Psalms 14:4

4 Do all these evildoers know nothing? They devour my people as though eating bread; they never call on the LORD.

Psalms 14:4 in Other Translations

KJV
4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
ESV
4 Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers who eat up my people as they eat bread and do not call upon the LORD?
NLT
4 Will those who do evil never learn? They eat up my people like bread and wouldn’t think of praying to the LORD .
MSG
4 Don't they know anything, all these impostors? Don't they know they can't get away with this - Treating people like a fast-food meal over which they're too busy to pray?
CSB
4 Will evildoers never understand? They consume my people as they consume bread; they do not call on the Lord.

Psalms 14:4 In-Context

2 The LORD looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.
3 All have turned away, all have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
4 Do all these evildoers know nothing? They devour my people as though eating bread; they never call on the LORD.
5 But there they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is present in the company of the righteous.
6 You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor, but the LORD is their refuge.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Psalms 82:5; Jeremiah 4:22
  • 2. Psalms 27:2; Micah 3:3
  • 3. Psalms 79:6; Isaiah 64:7; Isaiah 65:1; Jeremiah 10:25; Hosea 7:7
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