Psalms 37:38
36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But the transgressors will all be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.
- KJV
- But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
- WEB
- As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off.
- ASV
- As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together; The end of the wicked shall be cut off.
- DARBY
- but the transgressors shall be destroyed together; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.
- BLB
- But those transgressing will be destroyed together; the end for the wicked man is cut off.
- ÅB
- men overtrederne skal tilintetgjøres alle sammen,
de ugudeliges fremtid skal avskjæres. - OTB
- Men alle som synder skal bli ødelagt;
Det skal ikke være noen framtid for de ugudelige. - B1930
- men overtrederne skal tilintetgjøres alle sammen, de ugudeliges fremtid skal avskjæres.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 14:32
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
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 contextMatthew 13:49–50
So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
Read in context2 Thessalonians 1:8–9
In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Read in contextPsalms 1:4–6
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Read in contextPsalms 9:17
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
Read in contextMatthew 25:46
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Read in contextPsalms 73:17
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
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