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they clothe themselves with violence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/73.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />They wear pride like a jeweled necklace and clothe themselves with cruelty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/73.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/73.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/73.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them <i>as</i> a garment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/73.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Therefore pride serves as their necklace; Violence covers them <i>like</i> a garment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/73.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore arrogance is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/73.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Therefore pride is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/73.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Therefore pride is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/73.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Therefore lofty pride is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/73.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Therefore pride is their necklace; Violence covers them like a garment [like a long, luxurious robe].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/73.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, pride is their necklace, and violence covers them like a garment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/73.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, pride is their necklace, and violence covers them like a garment. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/73.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/73.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Their pride is like a necklace, and they commit sin more often than they dress themselves. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/73.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/73.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />That is why they wear arrogance like a necklace and acts of violence like clothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/73.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />And so they wear pride like a necklace and violence like a robe; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/73.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore pride is their necklace and violence covers them like a garment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/73.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/73.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Arrogance is their necklace, and violence their clothing. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/73.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/73.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Therefore pride encompasseth them as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/73.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/73.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore pride has encircled them, "" Violence covers them as a dress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/73.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/73.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For this, pride surrounded them as a neck-chain; the dress of violence will cover to them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/73.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Therefore pride hath held them fast: they are covered with their iniquity and their wickedness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/73.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 72:6>Therefore, arrogance has held on to them. They have been covered with their iniquity and impiety.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/73.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Thus pride adorns them as a necklace; violence clothes them as a robe. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/73.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them like a garment.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/73.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Therefore pride holds them fast; they have concealed their wickedness and ungodliness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/73.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because of this, contempt has seized them and their evil is covered and their wickedness.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/73.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/73.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Therefore pride has possessed them; they have clothed themselves with their injustice and ungodliness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/73-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=8836" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/73.htm">Endow the King with Your Justice</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: lā·ḵên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">Therefore</a> <a href="/hebrew/1346.htm" title="1346: ḡa·’ă·wāh (N-fs) -- Majesty, pride. From ga'ah; arrogance or majesty; by implication, ornament.">pride</a> <a href="/hebrew/6059.htm" title="6059: ‘ă·nā·qaṯ·mōw (V-Qal-Perf-3fs:: 3ms) -- To serve as a necklace. ">is their necklace;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7897.htm" title="7897: ṯ (N-msc) -- A garment. From shiyth; a dress.">a garment</a> <a href="/hebrew/2555.htm" title="2555: ḥā·mās (N-ms) -- Violence, wrong. From chamac; violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. Unjust gain.">of violence</a> <a href="/hebrew/5848.htm" title="5848: ya·‘ă·ṭā·p̄ō·ši- (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To shroud, clothe, to languish. A primitive root; to shroud, i.e. Clothe; hence to languish.">covers</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·mōw (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">them.</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/16-18.htm">Proverbs 16:18</a></span><br />Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-6.htm">James 4:6</a></span><br />But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/5-5.htm">1 Peter 5:5</a></span><br />Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/2-11.htm">Isaiah 2:11-12</a></span><br />The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day. / For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/8-13.htm">Proverbs 8:13</a></span><br />To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/18-9.htm">Luke 18:9-14</a></span><br />To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable: / “Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. / The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/2-16.htm">1 John 2:16</a></span><br />For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-16.htm">Isaiah 3:16-17</a></span><br />The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles— / the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/5-20.htm">Daniel 5:20</a></span><br />But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/28-17.htm">Ezekiel 28:17</a></span><br />Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-30.htm">Romans 1:30</a></span><br />slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-2.htm">2 Timothy 3:2</a></span><br />For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-12.htm">Isaiah 10:12</a></span><br />So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/11-2.htm">Proverbs 11:2</a></span><br />When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/obadiah/1-3.htm">Obadiah 1:3-4</a></span><br />The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’ / Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Therefore pride compasses them about as a chain; violence covers them as a garment.</p><p class="hdg">therefore</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/8-13.htm">Deuteronomy 8:13,14</a></b></br> And <i>when</i> thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-15.htm">Deuteronomy 32:15</a></b></br> But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered <i>with fatness</i>; then he forsook God <i>which</i> made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/esther/3-1.htm">Esther 3:1,5,6</a></b></br> After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that <i>were</i> with him… </p><p class="hdg">as a chain</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/8-26.htm">Judges 8:26</a></b></br> And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred <i>shekels</i> of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that <i>was</i> on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that <i>were</i> about their camels' necks.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/1-9.htm">Proverbs 1:9</a></b></br> For they <i>shall be</i> an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/songs/4-9.htm">Song of Solomon 4:9</a></b></br> Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, <i>my</i> spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.</p><p class="hdg">violence</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/3-31.htm">Proverbs 3:31</a></b></br> Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/4-17.htm">Proverbs 4:17</a></b></br> For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/micah/2-1.htm">Micah 2:1,2</a></b></br> Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand… </p><p class="hdg">covereth</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/109-18.htm">Psalm 109:18,29</a></b></br> As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_peter/5-5.htm">1 Peter 5:5</a></b></br> Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all <i>of you</i> be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/49-10.htm">Behaviour</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-5.htm">Chain</a> <a href="/psalms/65-13.htm">Clothe</a> <a href="/psalms/65-13.htm">Clothed</a> <a href="/psalms/49-5.htm">Compasseth</a> <a href="/job/36-32.htm">Covereth</a> <a href="/psalms/69-7.htm">Covers</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-25.htm">Dress</a> <a href="/psalms/22-16.htm">Encircled</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-4.htm">Encompasseth</a> <a href="/psalms/69-11.htm">Garment</a> <a href="/psalms/69-1.htm">Neck</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-16.htm">Necklace</a> <a href="/psalms/73-3.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/psalms/70-3.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/job/38-14.htm">Robe</a> <a href="/psalms/59-14.htm">Round</a> <a href="/psalms/72-17.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/psalms/72-14.htm">Violence</a> <a href="/psalms/72-14.htm">Violent</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/74-22.htm">Behaviour</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-9.htm">Chain</a> <a href="/psalms/132-16.htm">Clothe</a> <a href="/psalms/84-6.htm">Clothed</a> <a href="/hosea/11-12.htm">Compasseth</a> <a href="/psalms/91-4.htm">Covereth</a> <a href="/psalms/84-6.htm">Covers</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-10.htm">Dress</a> <a href="/psalms/119-61.htm">Encircled</a> <a href="/psalms/103-4.htm">Encompasseth</a> <a href="/psalms/74-11.htm">Garment</a> <a href="/psalms/75-5.htm">Neck</a> <a href="/songs/4-9.htm">Necklace</a> <a href="/psalms/74-20.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/psalms/73-10.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/psalms/74-11.htm">Robe</a> <a href="/psalms/76-11.htm">Round</a> <a href="/psalms/73-21.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/psalms/74-20.htm">Violence</a> <a href="/psalms/73-21.htm">Violent</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 73</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/73-1.htm">The prophet, prevailing in a temptation</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/73-2.htm">Shows the occasion thereof, the prosperity of the wicked</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/73-13.htm">The wound given thereby, diffidence</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/73-15.htm">The victory over it, knowledge of God's purpose.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/psalms/73.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>Therefore pride is their necklace</b><br />The word "pride" in Hebrew is "גַּאֲוָה" (ga'avah), which conveys a sense of arrogance and self-exaltation. In the ancient Near Eastern context, a necklace was often a symbol of status and wealth. Here, the psalmist uses the metaphor of a necklace to illustrate how pride is not just an internal attitude but an external display for the wicked. It is as if they wear their arrogance openly for all to see, much like a piece of jewelry that signifies their perceived superiority. This imagery suggests that their pride is both a personal adornment and a public declaration, highlighting the depth of their self-centeredness.<p><b>they clothe themselves with violence</b><br />The Hebrew word for "violence" is "חָמָס" (chamas), which implies not just physical brutality but also injustice and oppression. The phrase "clothe themselves" suggests that violence is as integral to their identity as clothing is to the body. In biblical times, clothing was not only a necessity but also a reflection of one's social status and character. By saying they "clothe themselves with violence," the psalmist indicates that their actions are habitual and defining. This metaphor underscores the idea that their lives are enveloped in wrongdoing, and they are unashamedly wrapped in their oppressive behaviors. The imagery of clothing also implies that just as garments cover the body, so does violence cover their intentions and actions, making it a pervasive aspect of their existence.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/73.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">Therefore.</span>--Better,<p>"Therefore pride is their necklace,<p>And violence their mantle."<p>The first metaphor might have been suggested either by the fact that the rich lavished large sums on jewellery, especially necklaces (see Note, <a href="/songs/1-10.htm" title="Your cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, your neck with chains of gold.">Song of Solomon 1:10</a>), or possibly from the usual description of the proud as "stiffnecked."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/73.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain;</span> or, <span class="accented">is as a chain about their neck</span> (Revised Version) - makes them stiffen their neck, and hold their head aloft. Not being afflicted, they regard themselves as favourites of Heaven, and are therefore puffed up with pride, which they show in their gait and bearing. <span class="cmt_word">Violence covereth them as a garment.</span> Pride and self-conceit naturally lead on to violence, which becomes so habitual to them that it seems like their ordinary apparel (comp. <a href="/psalms/109-18.htm">Psalm 109:18, 19</a>). The violence of the great ones in Israel is continually denounced, both by psalmists and prophets (see <a href="/psalms/11-2.htm">Psalm 11:2</a>; <a href="/psalms/55-9.htm">Psalm 55:9</a>; <a href="/psalms/58-2.htm">Psalm 58:2</a>; <a href="/psalms/72-14.htm">Psalm 72:14</a>, etc.; <a href="/isaiah/1-15.htm">Isaiah 1:15</a>; <a href="/isaiah/3-15.htm">Isaiah 3:15</a>; <a href="/isaiah/59-3.htm">Isaiah 59:3-7</a>; <a href="/hosea/4-1.htm">Hosea 4:1, 2</a>; <a href="/amos/3-10.htm">Amos 3:10</a>, etc.). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/73-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Therefore</span><br /><span class="heb">לָ֭כֵן</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ḵên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> </span><span class="str2">So -- thus</span><br /><br /><span class="word">pride</span><br /><span class="heb">גַאֲוָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(ḡa·’ă·wāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1346.htm">Strong's 1346: </a> </span><span class="str2">Arrogance, majesty, ornament</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is their necklace;</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲנָקַ֣תְמוֹ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·nā·qaṯ·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6059.htm">Strong's 6059: </a> </span><span class="str2">To collar, adorn with a, necklace, to fit out with supplies</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a garment</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁ֝֗ית</span> <span class="translit">(ṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7897.htm">Strong's 7897: </a> </span><span class="str2">A garment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of violence</span><br /><span class="heb">חָמָ֥ס</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·mās)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2555.htm">Strong's 2555: </a> </span><span class="str2">Violence, wrong, by meton, unjust gain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">covers them.</span><br /><span class="heb">יַעֲטָף־</span> <span class="translit">(ya·‘ă·ṭā·p̄ō·ši-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5848.htm">Strong's 5848: </a> </span><span class="str2">To shroud, clothe, to languish</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/73-6.htm">Psalm 73:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/73-6.htm">Psalm 73:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/73-6.htm">Psalm 73:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/73-6.htm">Psalm 73:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/73-6.htm">Psalm 73:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/73-6.htm">Psalm 73:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/73-6.htm">Psalm 73:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/73-6.htm">Psalm 73:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/73-6.htm">Psalm 73:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/73-6.htm">Psalm 73:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/73-6.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 73:6 Therefore pride is like a chain around (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/73-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 73:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 73:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/73-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 73:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 73:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>