Psalm 10:13 “Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will ne…”

Psalm 10:13

Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

World English Bible

Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, “God won’t call me into account”?

American Standard Version

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require it?

Geneva Bible 1599

Wherefore doeth the wicked contemne God? he saith in his heart, Thou wilt not regard.

Darby Translation

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].

Young's Literal Translation

Wherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, 'It is not required.'

Bible in Basic English

Why has the evil-doer a low opinion of God, saying in his heart, You will not make search for it?

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Cross references

“contemn”

Luke 10:16 Psalm 74:10 Psalm 74:18 Numbers 11:20 1 Thessalonians 4:8 2 Samuel 12:9

Luke 10:16 · BSB

Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

Psalm 74:10 · BSB

How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?

Psalm 74:18 · BSB

Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.

Numbers 11:20 · BSB

but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and makes you nauseous—because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have cried out before Him, saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’”

1 Thessalonians 4:8 · BSB

Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.

2 Samuel 12:9 · BSB

Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own. You have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.

“Thou”

2 Chronicles 24:22 Genesis 9:5 Genesis 42:22 Luke 11:50 Luke 11:51

2 Chronicles 24:22 · BSB

Thus King Joash failed to remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him. Instead, Joash killed Jehoiada’s son. As he lay dying, Zechariah said, “May the LORD see this and call you to account.…

Genesis 9:5 · BSB

And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:

Genesis 42:22 · BSB

And Reuben responded, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would not listen. Now we must account for his blood!”

Luke 11:50 · BSB

As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,

Luke 11:51 · BSB

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.

14But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.

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