Psalms 34:16

14 Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

15 The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.

But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.

17 The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.

18 The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.
KJV
The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
WEB
The LORD’s face is against those who do evil, to cut off their memory from the earth.
ASV
The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
DARBY
The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth:
BLB
The face of YHWH [is] against those doing evil, to cut off from the earth their memory.
ÅB
Herrens ansikt er imot dem som gjør ondt,
for å utrydde minnet om dem fra jorden.
OTB
Herrens ansikt er mot dem som gjør ondt,
For å utslette deres minne fra jorden.
B1930
Herrens åsyn er imot dem som gjør ondt, for å utrydde deres ihukommelse av jorden.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Proverbs 10:7

    The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

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  • Jeremiah 44:11

    Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will set My face to bring disaster and to cut off all Judah.

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  • Jeremiah 17:13

    O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.

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  • Leviticus 17:10

    If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.

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  • Job 18:17

    The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.

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  • Amos 9:4

    Though they are driven by their enemies into captivity, there I will command the sword to slay them. I will fix My eyes upon them for harm and not for good.”

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  • Ecclesiastes 8:10

    Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.

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  • Psalms 10:16

    The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.

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