CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Psalm 82:5 They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/psalms/82-5.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/new9.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><meta property="og:image" content="https://biblehub.com/visuals/12/19_Psa_082_005.jpg" /><meta property="og:title" content="Psalm 82:5 - God Presides in the Divine Assembly" /><meta property="og:site_name" content="Bible Hub" /><meta property="og:description" content="They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken." /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/vmenus/psalms/82-5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc/psalms/82-5.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/psalms/">Psalms</a> > <a href="/psalms/82.htm">Chapter 82</a> > Verse 5</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad5.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/psalms/82-4.htm" title="Psalm 82:4">◄</a> Psalm 82:5 <a href="/psalms/82-6.htm" title="Psalm 82:6">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse"> <a href="#audio" class="clickchap2" title="Context and Audio Bible"> Audio </a> <a href="#crossref" class="clickchap2" title="Cross References"> Cross </a> <a href="#study" class="clickchap2" title="Study Bible"> Study </a> <a href="#commentary" class="clickchap2" title="Commentary"> Comm </a> <a href="#lexicon" class="clickchap2" title="Lexicon"> Heb </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/psalms/82.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/psalms/82.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220The &#8216gods&#8217 know nothing, they understand nothing. They walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/82.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />But these oppressors know nothing; they are so ignorant! They wander about in darkness, while the whole world is shaken to the core.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/82.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />They have neither knowledge nor understanding, they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/82.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/82.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/82.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />They do not know, nor do they understand; They walk about in darkness; All the foundations of the earth are unstable.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/82.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />They do not know nor do they understand; They walk around in darkness; All the foundations of the earth are shaken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/82.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />They do not know nor do they understand; They walk about in darkness; All the foundations of the earth are shaken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/82.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />They do not know nor do they understand; They walk about in darkness; All the foundations of the earth are shaken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/82.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />They do not know and do not understand; They walk about in darkness; All the foundations of the earth are shaken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/82.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The rulers do not know nor do they understand; They walk on in the darkness [of complacent satisfaction]; All the foundations of the earth [the fundamental principles of the administration of justice] are shaken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/82.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They do not know or understand; they wander in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/82.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They do not know or understand; they wander in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/82.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />They know not, neither do they understand; They walk to and fro in darkness: All the foundations of the earth are shaken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/82.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />"None of you know or understand a thing. You live in darkness, while the foundations of the earth tremble. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/82.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />They know not, neither do they understand; they walk to and fro in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are moved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/82.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Wicked people do not know or understand anything. As they walk around in the dark, all the foundations of the earth shake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/82.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"How ignorant you are! How stupid! You are completely corrupt, and justice has disappeared from the world. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/82.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They neither know nor understand; they walk about in the dark while all the foundations of the earth are shaken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/82.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/82.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They neither know nor understand. They stumble around in the dark, while all the foundations of the earth crumble. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/82.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They do not know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/82.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/82.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They don’t know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/82.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />They did not know, nor do they understand, "" They habitually walk in darkness, "" All the foundations of earth are moved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/82.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> They knew not, nor do they understand, In darkness they walk habitually, Moved are all the foundations of earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/82.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />They will not know, they will not Understand: they will go about in darkness: all the foundations of the earth will be moved.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/82.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />They have not known nor understood: they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be moved. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/82.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 81:5>They did not know and did not understand. They wander in darkness. All the foundations of the earth will be moved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/82.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The gods neither know nor understand, wandering about in darkness, and all the world’s foundations shake. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/82.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They have neither knowledge nor understanding, they walk around in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/82.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/82.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />For they have not known neither are they wise; they have been walking in darkness and all the foundations of the Earth are moved!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/82.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />They know not, neither do they understand; They go about in darkness; All the foundations of the earth are moved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/82.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />They know not, nor understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be shaken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/82-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=10357" 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/82.htm">God Presides in the Divine Assembly</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">They do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yā·ḏə·‘ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">know</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles."></a> <a href="/hebrew/995.htm" title="995: yā·ḇî·nū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To discern. A primitive root; to separate mentally, i.e.(generally) understand.">or understand;</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: yiṯ·hal·lā·ḵū (V-Hitpael-Imperf-3mp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">they wander</a> <a href="/hebrew/2825.htm" title="2825: ba·ḥă·šê·ḵāh (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Darkness. Or chashekah; from chashak; darkness; figuratively, misery.">in the darkness;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/4144.htm" title="4144: mō·ws·ḏê (N-mpc) -- Foundation. From yacad; a foundation.">the foundations</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’ā·reṣ (N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">of the earth</a> <a href="/hebrew/4131.htm" title="4131: yim·mō·w·ṭū (V-Nifal-Imperf-3mp) -- To totter, shake, slip. A primitive root; to waver; by implication, to slip, shake, fall.">are shaken.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’…<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="/isaiah/59-9.htm">Isaiah 59:9-10</a></span><br />Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom. / Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-1.htm">Hosea 4:1-6</a></span><br />Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land! / Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another. / Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/12-35.htm">John 12:35-36</a></span><br />Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. / While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of light.” After Jesus had spoken these things, He went away and was hidden from them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-14.htm">Matthew 15:14</a></span><br />Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-22</a></span><br />For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/4-17.htm">Ephesians 4:17-18</a></span><br />So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. / They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/4-22.htm">Jeremiah 4:22</a></span><br />“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/4-19.htm">Proverbs 4:19</a></span><br />But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-3.htm">2 Corinthians 4:3-4</a></span><br />And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. / The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/6-9.htm">Isaiah 6:9-10</a></span><br />And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ / Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-5.htm">John 1:5</a></span><br />The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/2-11.htm">1 John 2:11</a></span><br />But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-18.htm">Isaiah 44:18</a></span><br />They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-16.htm">Matthew 23:16-17</a></span><br />Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ / You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/26-17.htm">Acts 26:17-18</a></span><br />I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them / to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.</p><p class="hdg">they.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/53-4.htm">Psalm 53:4</a></b></br> Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people <i>as</i> they eat bread: they have not called upon God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/1-29.htm">Proverbs 1:29</a></b></br> For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/micah/3-1.htm">Micah 3:1</a></b></br> And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; <i>Is it</i> not for you to know judgment?</p><p class="hdg">walk</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/2-13.htm">Proverbs 2:13</a></b></br> Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/4-19.htm">Proverbs 4:19</a></b></br> The way of the wicked <i>is</i> as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-14.htm">Ecclesiastes 2:14</a></b></br> The wise man's eyes <i>are</i> in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.</p><p class="hdg">all the.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/11-3.htm">Psalm 11:3</a></b></br> If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/75-3.htm">Psalm 75:3</a></b></br> The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-16.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:16</a></b></br> And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, <i>that</i> wickedness <i>was</i> there; and the place of righteousness, <i>that</i> iniquity <i>was</i> there.</p><p class="hdg">out of course.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/18-7.htm">Bases</a> <a href="/psalms/36-4.htm">Course</a> <a href="/psalms/78-2.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/psalms/44-19.htm">Darkness</a> <a href="/psalms/79-2.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/psalms/81-5.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/psalms/18-15.htm">Foundations</a> <a href="/psalms/59-11.htm">Fro</a> <a href="/psalms/56-13.htm">Habitually</a> <a href="/psalms/78-58.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/psalms/76-5.htm">Sense</a> <a href="/psalms/68-8.htm">Shaken</a> <a href="/psalms/81-5.htm">Understand</a> <a href="/psalms/53-4.htm">Understanding</a> <a href="/psalms/81-13.htm">Walk</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/104-5.htm">Bases</a> <a href="/psalms/102-23.htm">Course</a> <a href="/psalms/88-6.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/psalms/88-6.htm">Darkness</a> <a href="/psalms/82-7.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/psalms/85-11.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/psalms/102-25.htm">Foundations</a> <a href="/psalms/104-26.htm">Fro</a> <a href="/psalms/89-15.htm">Habitually</a> <a href="/psalms/93-1.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/psalms/92-6.htm">Sense</a> <a href="/psalms/104-5.htm">Shaken</a> <a href="/psalms/92-6.htm">Understand</a> <a href="/psalms/111-10.htm">Understanding</a> <a href="/psalms/84-11.htm">Walk</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 82</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/82-1.htm">The psalmist, having exhorted the judges</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/82-5.htm">And reproved their negligence</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/82-8.htm">Prays God to judge</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 /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/82.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/82.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>They do not know or understand;</b><br>This phrase highlights the spiritual ignorance and lack of discernment among the leaders or judges being addressed. In biblical context, this ignorance is often attributed to a rejection of God's wisdom and law. <a href="/proverbs/1-7.htm">Proverbs 1:7</a> states, "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge," indicating that true understanding comes from reverence for God. The leaders' failure to know or understand suggests a departure from divine guidance, which is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, where Israel's leaders often led the people astray due to their own lack of understanding (<a href="/hosea/4-6.htm">Hosea 4:6</a>).<p><b>they wander in the darkness;</b><br>Darkness in Scripture frequently symbolizes sin, ignorance, and separation from God. In <a href="/john/8-12.htm">John 8:12</a>, Jesus declares, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." This contrast between light and darkness underscores the leaders' spiritual blindness and moral failure. The imagery of wandering suggests aimlessness and confusion, reminiscent of Israel's wilderness wanderings due to disobedience (<a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Numbers 14:33-34</a>). This phrase serves as a warning of the consequences of turning away from God's truth.<p><b>all the foundations of the earth are shaken.</b><br>The foundations of the earth represent the established order and justice that God intended for creation. When leaders fail in their duties, it disrupts societal stability and justice, leading to chaos and disorder. This shaking of foundations can be seen as a metaphor for the moral and social upheaval that results from corrupt leadership. In prophetic literature, such as <a href="/isaiah/24-18.htm">Isaiah 24:18-20</a>, the shaking of the earth often signifies divine judgment and the coming of God's kingdom. This phrase foreshadows the ultimate restoration and justice that will be established through Christ, who is described as the cornerstone in <a href="/ephesians/2-20.htm">Ephesians 2:20</a>, ensuring the stability and righteousness of God's eternal kingdom.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The ultimate judge who presides over the divine council, addressing the failures of earthly judges.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/earthly_judges.htm">Earthly Judges</a></b><br>The human leaders or judges who are being admonished for their lack of justice and understanding.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/d/divine_council.htm">Divine Council</a></b><br>A heavenly assembly where God holds the judges accountable for their actions.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/f/foundations_of_the_earth.htm">Foundations of the Earth</a></b><br>Symbolic of the order and stability of society, which is threatened by injustice.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/darkness.htm">Darkness</a></b><br>Represents ignorance and moral confusion, a state in which the judges are said to wander.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_justice.htm">The Importance of Justice</a></b><br>God holds leaders accountable for their role in upholding justice. As Christians, we should advocate for fairness and righteousness in our communities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_awareness.htm">Spiritual Awareness</a></b><br>Ignorance and lack of understanding lead to moral darkness. We must seek wisdom and discernment through prayer and study of God's Word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/impact_of_leadership.htm">Impact of Leadership</a></b><br>The failure of leaders to act justly can destabilize society. We should pray for and support leaders who pursue godly principles.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/personal_responsibility.htm">Personal Responsibility</a></b><br>While leaders are accountable, individuals also have a responsibility to live justly and seek truth, avoiding the darkness of ignorance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/foundation_of_truth.htm">Foundation of Truth</a></b><br>The stability of our lives and communities depends on adherence to God's truth. We must build our lives on the solid foundation of Scripture.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_82.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 82</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_the_world_passing_away.htm">How can one be light in the Lord?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_11_3_align_with_progress.htm">How can Psalm 11:3’s concern about “foundations” be reconciled with historical and scientific evidence for societal progress rather than total collapse? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_hope_an_anchor_for_the_soul.htm">How does a lamp guide my path?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_earth_'unmoved'_if_it_orbits.htm">How can the earth be 'set on its foundations, never to be moved' (Psalm 104:5) if our planet orbits the sun and moves through space?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/82.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) Here we imagine a pause, that interval between warning and judgment which is God's pity and man's opportunity; but the expostulation falls dead without a response. The men are infatuated by their position and blinded by their pride, and the poet, the spectator of this drama of judgment, makes this common reflection. The perversion of judgment strikes him, as it could not fail to do, as an indication of total anarchy and a dissolution of society, a convulsion like an earthquake.<p><span class= "bld">They know not.</span>--Comp. <a href="/psalms/58-4.htm" title="Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stops her ear;">Psalm 58:4</a>, "They have no knowledge;" there, too, of judges corrupted by the moral blindness which, as in the case of Lord Bacon, sometimes so strangely darkens those in whom intellectual light is most keen.<p><span class= "bld">They walk on in darkness</span>--Or, better, <span class= "ital">They let themselves walk in darkness; </span>the conjugation implying that inclination or will, and not circumstance, brings this dullness to the dictates of justice and right.<p><span class= "bld">All the foundations . . .</span>--The very existence of society is threatened when the source of justice is corrupt.<p>"Back flow the sacred rivers to their source,<p>And right and all things veer around their course;<p>Crafty are men in council, and no more<p>God-plighted faith abides as once of yore."<p>EUR. <span class= "ital">Med., </span>409.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/82.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">They know not, neither will they understand</span>. Scarcely "an <span class="accented">aside</span> from the indignant judge," as Professor Cheyne suggests, much less a remark interpolated by the poet (Ewald, Hitzig). Rather a complaint of human perversity, addressed by Jehovah to the angelic host who are present (ver. 1). It is not an accidental and excusable ignorance, but a wilful and guilty one that is spoken cf. <span class="cmt_word">They walk on in darkness.</span> Loving darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil (<a href="/john/3-19.htm">John 3:19</a>), they walked in the way of darkness (<a href="/proverbs/2-13.htm">Proverbs 2:13</a>). <span class="cmt_word">All the foundations of the earth are out of course;</span> rather, <span class="accented">are shaken.</span> The fundamental bases on which <span class="accented">the</span> life of man upon the earth rests, the very principles of morality, are shaken, and totter to their fail, when those whose place it is to administer justice pervert it and deal out injustice instead. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/82-5.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">They do not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֤א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">know</span><br /><span class="heb">יָֽדְע֨וּ ׀</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏə·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or understand;</span><br /><span class="heb">יָבִ֗ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḇî·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_995.htm">Strong's 995: </a> </span><span class="str2">To separate mentally, understand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they wander</span><br /><span class="heb">יִתְהַלָּ֑כוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yiṯ·hal·lā·ḵū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the darkness;</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּחֲשֵׁכָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(ba·ḥă·šê·ḵāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2825.htm">Strong's 2825: </a> </span><span class="str2">Darkness, misery</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the foundations</span><br /><span class="heb">מ֥וֹסְדֵי</span> <span class="translit">(mō·ws·ḏê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4144.htm">Strong's 4144: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foundation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the earth</span><br /><span class="heb">אָֽרֶץ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are shaken.”</span><br /><span class="heb">יִ֝מּ֗וֹטוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yim·mō·w·ṭū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4131.htm">Strong's 4131: </a> </span><span class="str2">To waver, to slip, shake, fall</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/82-5.htm">Psalm 82:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/82-5.htm">Psalm 82:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/82-5.htm">Psalm 82:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/82-5.htm">Psalm 82:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/82-5.htm">Psalm 82:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/82-5.htm">Psalm 82:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/82-5.htm">Psalm 82:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/82-5.htm">Psalm 82:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/82-5.htm">Psalm 82:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/82-5.htm">Psalm 82:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/82-5.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 82:5 They don't know neither do they understand (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/82-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 82:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 82:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/82-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 82:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 82:6" /></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>