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Psalms 37:20

JudgmentJustice

18 The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.

21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.

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BSB
But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away.
KJV
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
WEB
But the wicked shall perish. The enemies of the LORD shall be like the beauty of the fields. They will vanish— vanish like smoke.
ASV
But the wicked shall perish, And the enemies of Jehovah shall be as the fat of lambs: They shall consume; In smoke shall they consume away.
DARBY
For the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of Jehovah shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume, like smoke shall they consume away.
BLB
But the wicked will perish, and the enemies of YHWH; like the splendor of the meadows they will be consumed, [and] with the smoke they will be consumed.
ÅB
For de ugudelige skal gå til grunne,
og Herrens fiender som prakten på engene;
de skal forsvinne, som røyk skal de forsvinne.
OTB
Men de ugudelige skal gå til grunne;
Herrens fiender skal forsvinne som markens prakt,
De skal svinne bort som røk.
B1930
For de ugudelige skal gå til grunne og Herrens fiender som engenes blomsterskrud; de skal forsvinne, som røk skal de forsvinne.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 68:2

    As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

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  • Psalms 102:3

    For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.

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  • Luke 13:3

    I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

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  • Deuteronomy 33:14–16

    And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,

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  • Judges 5:31

    So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.

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  • 2 Peter 2:12

    But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;

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  • Genesis 19:28

    And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.

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  • Psalms 92:9

    For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

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