King James Version

Psalms 73:7

Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

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יָ֭צָאyatsabring forthיָצָאverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bring forth”, a completed actionH3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.[idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail…מֵחֵ֣לֶבmechelevfrom fatחֶלֶבpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from fat”, the ordinary formH2459fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part[idiom] best, fat(-ness), [idiom] finest, grease, marrow.עֵינֵ֑מוֹeynemvoeye , , -sightעַיִןnoun, common, both genders, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “eye , , -sight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him…עָ֝בְר֗וּavervalienateעָבַרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “alienate”, a completed actionH5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way…מַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹתmaskiotconceitמַשְׂכִּיתnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “conceit”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4906a figure (carved on stone, the wall, or any object); figuratively, imaginationconceit, image(-ry), picture, [idiom] wish.לֵבָֽבlevavbreastלֵבָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “breast”, the ordinary formH3824the heart (as the most interior organ);[phrase] bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-) heart(-ed), midst, mind, [idiom] unawares, understanding.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Their eyes stand forth from fatness; they are gone beyond the imaginations of their heart.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.

Young’s Literal Translation

Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;

World English Bible

Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.

Darby Translation

Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:

Douay-Rheims

They have set fire to thy sanctuary: they have defiled the dwelling place of thy name on the earth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Their eyes stand forth from fatness; they are gone beyond the imaginations of their heart.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Their injustice shall go forth as out of fatness: they have fulfilled their intention.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐξελεύσεται ὡς ἐκ στέατος ἡ ἀδικία αὐτῶν· διῆλθον εἰς διάθεσιν καρδίας.