Psalms 37:10
8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.
- KJV
- For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
- WEB
- For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn’t there.
- ASV
- For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.
- DARBY
- For yet a little while, and the wicked is not; and thou considerest his place, but he is not.
- BLB
- And in yet a little while, the wicked man [is] no more; and you will look for his place, and it [is] no more.
- ÅB
- Om en liten stund er den ugudelige ikke mer;
og ser du etter stedet hans, er han borte. - OTB
- Om en liten stund er de ugudelige ikke mer;
Om du ser etter dem, skal de ikke finnes. - B1930
- Og om en liten stund, så er den ugudelige ikke mere, og akter du på hans sted, så er han borte.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 24:24
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
Read in context1 Peter 4:7
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
Read in contextPsalms 37:35–36
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
Read in contextPsalms 107:42–43
The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
Read in contextPsalms 103:16
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Read in contextPsalms 52:5
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
Read in contextJob 7:10
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
Read in contextHebrews 10:36–37
For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
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