Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
How long will you love what is worthless
and pursue a lie?Selah
New American Standard Bible
How long will you love
King James Version
O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
International Standard Version
You people, how long will you malign my reputation? How long will you love what is vain and what is false? Interlude
A Conservative Version
O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.
American Standard Version
O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? How long will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah
Amplified
O sons of men, how long will my honor and glory be [turned into] shame?
How long will you [my enemies] love worthless (vain, futile) things and seek deception and lies? Selah.
Bible in Basic English
O you sons of men, how long will you go on turning my glory into shame? how long will you give your love to foolish things, going after what is false? (Selah.)
Darby Translation
Ye sons of men, till when is my glory to be put to shame? How long will ye love vanity, will ye seek after a lie? Selah.
Julia Smith Translation
Sons of man, how long mine honor for shame? Ye will love emptiness, ye. will seek falsehood. Silence.
King James 2000
O you sons of men, how long will you turn my glory into shame? how long will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.
Lexham Expanded Bible
O sons of man, how long will my honor be a disgrace? [How long] will you love vanity? [How long] will you seek lies? Selah
Modern King James verseion
O sons of men, how long will you turn My glory into shame? Will you love vanity and seek after a lie? Selah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O ye sons of men, how long will ye blaspheme mine honour, and have such pleasure in vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
NET Bible
You men, how long will you try to turn my honor into shame? How long will you love what is worthless and search for what is deceptive? (Selah)
New Heart English Bible
You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.
The Emphasized Bible
Ye sons of the great! how long, turning my glory to contempt, will ye love emptiness, will ye seek falsehood? Selah.
Webster
O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.
World English Bible
You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.
Youngs Literal Translation
Sons of men! till when is my glory for shame? Ye love a vain thing, ye seek a lie. Selah.
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 4:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Night Prayer
1
For the choir director: with stringed instruments.
God, who vindicates me.
You freed me from affliction;
be gracious to me and hear my prayer.
How long will you love what is worthless
and pursue a lie?Selah
the faithful for Himself;
the Lord will hear when I call to Him.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 3:3
my glory,
Psalm 5:6
the Lord abhors a man of bloodshed and treachery.
Exodus 10:3
So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may worship Me.
Numbers 14:11
The Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people despise Me? How long will they not trust in Me despite all the signs I have performed among them?
1 Samuel 12:21
Don’t turn away to follow worthless
Psalm 2:1
Why
and the peoples plot in vain?
Psalm 14:6
but the Lord is his refuge.
Psalm 31:6
but I trust in the Lord.
Psalm 57:4
I lie down with those who devour men.
Their teeth are spears and arrows;
their tongues are sharp swords.
Psalm 58:1
For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.”
Do you judge people fairly?
Psalm 58:3
liars err from birth.
Psalm 63:11
all who swear by Him
for the mouths of liars will be shut.
Psalm 72:2
and Your afflicted ones with justice.
Psalm 106:20
for the image of a grass-eating ox.
Proverbs 1:22
How long will you mockers
and you fools hate knowledge?
Ecclesiastes 8:11
Because the sentence against a criminal act is not carried out quickly,
Ecclesiastes 9:3
This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: there is one fate for everyone. In addition, the hearts of people are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live
Isaiah 20:5
Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.
Isaiah 45:17
with an everlasting salvation;
you will not be put to shame or humiliated
for all eternity.
Isaiah 59:4
no one pleads honestly.
They trust in empty and worthless words;
they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.
Jeremiah 2:5
that they went so far from Me,
followed worthless idols,
and became worthless themselves?
Jeremiah 2:11
(But they were not gods!
Yet My people have exchanged their
for useless idols.
Jeremiah 9:3
lies and not faithfulness prevail in the land,
for they proceed from one evil to another,
and they do not take Me into account.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Hosea 4:7
the more they sinned against Me.
I
Jonah 2:8
forsake faithful love,
1 Corinthians 1:31
in order that, as it is written:
Ephesians 4:25
Since you put away