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Psalms 14:4 — King James Version← Study notes

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the Lord.


Psalms 14:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 14:412 words
HebrewMeaning
הֲ/לֹ֥אhălōʾ
¿ notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָדְעוּ֮yādəʿw
do they knowverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
פֹּ֪עֲלֵ֫יpōʿălēy
those who doverbH6466
do · make · ordain · work
אָ֥וֶןʾāwen
wickednessnounH205
evil · false · idol · iniquity ···
אֹכְלֵ֣יʾōkəlēy
those who devourverbH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
עַ֭מִּ/יʿamiy
people mynounH5971
men · nation · people
אָ֣כְלוּʾākəlw
they eatverbH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
לֶ֑חֶםleḥem
breadnounH3899
eat · food · fruit · loaf ···
יְ֝הוָ֗הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
קָרָֽאוּqārāʾw
they call onverbH7121
that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 14:4

To the end, a psalm of David himself. 1. What “to the end” means, must not be too often repeated. “For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believes;” Romans 10:4 as the Apostle says. We believe in Him, when we begin to enter on the good road: we shall see Him, when we shall get to the end. And therefore is He the end. 2. “The fool has said in his heart, There is no God” Psalm 13:1. For not even have certain sacrilegious and abominable…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 14
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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