Psalms 34:16

14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite 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 just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

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  • Jeremiah 44:11

    Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.

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  • Jeremiah 17:13

    O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.

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  • Leviticus 17:10

    And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.

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  • Job 18:17

    His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

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  • Amos 9:4

    And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

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  • Ecclesiastes 8:10

    And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.

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  • Psalms 10:16

    The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.

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