Psalms Chapter 73 verse 6 Holy Bible
Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.
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For this reason pride is round them like a chain; they are clothed with violent behaviour as with a robe.
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Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them [as] a garment;
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Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
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Therefore pride encompasseth them as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
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Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.
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Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 6. - Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; or, is as a chain about their neck (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. Violence covereth them as a garment. Pride and self-conceit naturally lead on to violence, which becomes so habitual to them that it seems like their ordinary apparel (comp. Psalm 109:18, 19). The violence of the great ones in Israel is continually denounced, both by psalmists and prophets (see Psalm 11:2; Psalm 55:9; Psalm 58:2; Psalm 72:14, etc.; Isaiah 1:15; Isaiah 3:15; Isaiah 59:3-7; Hosea 4:1, 2; Amos 3:10, etc.).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) Therefore.--Better,"Therefore pride is their necklace,And violence their mantle."The first metaphor might have been suggested either by the fact that the rich lavished large sums on jewellery, especially necklaces (see Note, Song of Solomon 1:10), or possibly from the usual description of the proud as "stiffnecked."
