Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Do not trust in extortion or put vain hope in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them. New Living Translation Don’t make your living by extortion or put your hope in stealing. And if your wealth increases, don’t make it the center of your life. English Standard Version Put no trust in extortion; set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them. Berean Standard Bible Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them. King James Bible Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them. New King James Version Do not trust in oppression, Nor vainly hope in robbery; If riches increase, Do not set your heart on them. New American Standard Bible Do not trust in oppression, And do not vainly rely on robbery; If wealth increases, do not set your heart on it. NASB 1995 Do not trust in oppression And do not vainly hope in robbery; If riches increase, do not set your heart upon them. NASB 1977 Do not trust in oppression, And do not vainly hope in robbery; If riches increase, do not set your heart upon them. Legacy Standard Bible Do not trust in oppression And do not put vain hope in robbery; If riches increase, do not set your heart upon them. Amplified Bible Do not trust in oppression, And do not vainly hope in robbery; If riches increase, do not set your heart on them. Christian Standard Bible Place no trust in oppression or false hope in robbery. If wealth increases, don’t set your heart on it. Holman Christian Standard Bible Place no trust in oppression, or false hope in robbery. If wealth increases, pay no attention to it. American Standard Version Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart thereon. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Do not trust upon oppression or rape. Do not love property when it has increased; let not your hearts rejoice in it. Brenton Septuagint Translation Trust not in unrighteousness, and lust not after robberies: if wealth should flow in, set not your heart upon it. Contemporary English Version Don't trust in violence or depend on dishonesty or rely on great wealth. Douay-Rheims Bible Trust not in iniquity, and cover not robberies: if riches abound, set not your heart upon them. English Revised Version Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart thereon. GOD'S WORD® Translation Do not count on extortion [to make you rich]. Do not hope to gain anything through robbery. When riches increase, do not depend on them. Good News Translation Don't put your trust in violence; don't hope to gain anything by robbery; even if your riches increase, don't depend on them. International Standard Version Don't trust in oppression or put false hope in stealing; if you become wealthy, do not set your heart on it. JPS Tanakh 1917 Trust not in oppression, And put not vain hope in robbery; If riches increase, set not your heart thereon. Literal Standard Version Do not trust in oppression, | And do not become vain in robbery, | Do not set the heart [on] wealth when it increases. Majority Standard Bible Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them. New American Bible Do not trust in extortion; in plunder put no empty hope. On wealth that increases, do not set your heart. NET Bible Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression! Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery! If wealth increases, do not become attached to it! New Revised Standard Version Put no confidence in extortion, and set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart on them. New Heart English Bible Do not trust in oppression. Do not become vain in robbery. If riches increase, do not set your heart on them. Webster's Bible Translation Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them. World English Bible Don’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them. Young's Literal Translation Trust not in oppression, And in robbery become not vain, Wealth -- when it increaseth -- set not the heart. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Waiting on God…9Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor. 10Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them. 11God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,… Cross References Mark 10:24 And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus said to them again, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! Luke 12:15 And He said to them, "Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions." 1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows. 1 Timothy 6:17 Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy. Job 31:25 if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much, Psalm 49:6 They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches. Psalm 52:7 "Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction." Treasury of Scripture Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart on them. Trust Job 20:19,29 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; … Isaiah 28:15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: Isaiah 30:12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon: riches Psalm 39:6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. Psalm 52:7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness. Deuteronomy 6:10-12 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, … set Psalm 91:14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. Proverbs 23:5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. Jump to Previous Confidence Evil-Doing Extortion Faith Goods Heart Hope Hopes Increase Increaseth Oppression Pride Profits Rewards Riches Robbery Stolen Thereon Trust Vain Vainly Wealth WronglyJump to Next Confidence Evil-Doing Extortion Faith Goods Heart Hope Hopes Increase Increaseth Oppression Pride Profits Rewards Riches Robbery Stolen Thereon Trust Vain Vainly Wealth WronglyPsalm 62 1. David, professing his confidence in God, discourages his enemies5. In the same confidence he encourages the godly 9. No trust is to be put in worldly things 11. Power and mercy belong to God (10) If riches increase.--Even if by honest means you grow rich, distrust your wealth.Verse 10. - Trust not in oppression (comp. ver. 3). The class that supported Absalom was the class of oppressors in Israel, whom David kept under and restrained as far as possible. The writer warns them against trusting in their power to oppress, since such strength as they have is not their own, but lent them by God. And become not vain in robbery; or, rely not vainly on robbery (Kay). Do not suppose that God will allow you to continue oppressing and robbing. Such a belief is a vain illusion. If riches increase, set not your heart upon them. Even when wealth accumulates naturally, and not as the result of ill-doing, it is not a thing to be trusted or set store by. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Place noאַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not trust תִּבְטְח֣וּ (tiḇ·ṭə·ḥū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 982: To trust, be confident, sure in extortion, בְעֹשֶׁק֮ (ḇə·‘ō·šeq) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6233: Injury, fraud, distress, unjust gain or false hope תֶּ֫הְבָּ֥לוּ (teh·bā·lū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 1891: To act emptily, become vain in stolen goods. וּבְגָזֵ֪ל (ū·ḇə·ḡā·zêl) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1498: Robbery, plunder If כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction your riches חַ֤יִל ׀ (ḥa·yil) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2428: A force, an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength increase, יָנ֑וּב (yā·nūḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5107: To germinate, to, flourish, to utter do not אַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not set תָּשִׁ֥יתוּ (tā·šî·ṯū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 7896: To put, set your heart [upon them]. לֵֽב׃ (lêḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre Links Psalm 62:10 NIVPsalm 62:10 NLT Psalm 62:10 ESV Psalm 62:10 NASB Psalm 62:10 KJV Psalm 62:10 BibleApps.com Psalm 62:10 Biblia Paralela Psalm 62:10 Chinese Bible Psalm 62:10 French Bible Psalm 62:10 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 62:10 Don't trust in oppression (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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