Psalm 94:8 “Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be w…”

Psalm 94:8

Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?

American Standard Version

Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?

Geneva Bible 1599

Vnderstande ye vnwise among the people: and ye fooles, when will ye be wise?

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?

Bible in Basic English

Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?

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Cross references

“brutish”

Psalm 92:6 Psalm 49:10 Proverbs 12:1 Isaiah 27:11 Romans 3:11 Psalm 73:22

Psalm 92:6 · BSB

A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,

Psalm 49:10 · BSB

For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.

Proverbs 12:1 · BSB

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.

Isaiah 27:11 · BSB

When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.

Romans 3:11 · BSB

There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.

Psalm 73:22 · BSB

I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.

“fools”

Titus 3:3 Deuteronomy 32:29 Proverbs 8:5 Proverbs 1:22

Titus 3:3 · BSB

For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

Deuteronomy 32:29 · BSB

If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.

Proverbs 8:5 · BSB

O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.

Proverbs 1:22 · BSB

“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?

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

In context

7They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”

9He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?

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