Psalms Chapter 12 verse 8 Holy Bible
The wicked walk on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men. Psalm 13 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
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The sinners are walking on every side, and evil is honoured among the children of men.
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The wicked walk about on every side, when vileness is exalted among the children of men.
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The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
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Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
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The wicked walk on every side, When what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.
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Around the wicked walk continually, According as vileness is exalted by sons of men!
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Psalms 12 : 8 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - The wicked walk on every side. This can scarcely have been intended as an independent clause, though grammatically it stands alone. It is best to supply "while" or "though" before "the wicked," as Dr. Kay does, and to translate, Though (or, while) wicked men march to and fro on all sides; i.e. while they have their way, and control all other men's incomings and out-goings, being free themselves. When the vilest men are exalted; rather, and though villainy (זֻלּות) exalteth itself among the sons of men.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) The wicked.--Gesenius translates this verse, "The wicked walk on every side like the rising of a tempest upon the sons of men." There seems no reason to question his rendering of the word zull-th (Authorised Version, "vilest"), which is peculiar to this passage; but by comparison with Psalm 39:6; Psalm 58:7, we may render the first clause, the wicked vanish on every side; and a slight change gives for the second clause, at the rising of a tempest on the sons of men.
