Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity -- For their being destroyed for ever and ever!
New American Standard Bible
And all
It was only that they might be
King James Version
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
Holman Bible
and all evildoers flourish,
they will be eternally destroyed.
International Standard Version
Though the wicked sprout like grass; and all who practice iniquity flourish, it is they who will be eternally destroyed.
A Conservative Version
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is that they shall be destroyed forever,
American Standard Version
When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.
Amplified
That though the wicked sprout up like grass
And all evildoers flourish,
They will be destroyed forever.
Darby Translation
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is that they may be destroyed for ever.
Julia Smith Translation
In the putting forth of the unjust as grass, and all working iniquity shall flourish; to destroy them even to forever:
King James 2000
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed forever:
Lexham Expanded Bible
When the wicked flourish like grass and all [the] workers of evil blossom, [it is] so they can be destroyed forever.
Modern King James verseion
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity blossom, it is that they shall be destroyed forever;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
that the ungodly are green as grass, and that all the works of wickedness do flourish, to be destroyed forever.
NET Bible
When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.
New Heart English Bible
though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.
The Emphasized Bible
When the lawless do thrive like grass, And all the workers of iniquity have blossomed, It is that they may be destroyed for ever.
Webster
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
World English Bible
though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.
Themes
Grass » Illustrative » Of prosperity of the wicked
Punishment of the The Wicked » Future described as » Everlasting destruction
Wicked people » Compared with » Grass
Topics
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 92:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Love And Faithfulness
6 A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this; -- 7 When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity -- For their being destroyed for ever and ever! 8 And Thou art high to the age, O Jehovah.
Cross References
Psalm 37:38
And transgressors were destroyed together, The latter end of the wicked was cut off.
Psalm 73:18-20
Only, in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations.
Job 12:6
At peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God have confidence, He into whose hand God hath brought.
1 Samuel 25:36-38
And Abigail cometh in unto Nabal, and lo, he hath a banquet in his house, like a banquet of the king, and the heart of Nabal is glad within him, and he is drunk unto excess, and she hath not declared to him anything, less or more, till the light of the morning.
Job 21:7-12
Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth.
Psalm 37:1-2
By David. Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity,
Psalm 37:35-36
I have seen the wicked terrible, And spreading as a green native plant,
Psalm 73:12
Lo, these are the wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased strength.
Psalm 90:5-6
Thou hast inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning as grass he changeth.
Psalm 94:4
They utter -- they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves.
Psalm 103:15-16
Mortal man! as grass are his days, As a flower of the field so he flourisheth;
Proverbs 1:32
For the turning of the simple slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them.
Isaiah 37:27
And their inhabitants are feeble-handed, They were broken down, and are dried up. They have been the herb of the field, And the greenness of the tender grass, Grass of the roofs, And blasted corn, before it hath risen up.
Isaiah 40:6-7
A voice is saying, 'Call,' And he said, 'What do I call?' All flesh is grass, and all its goodliness is As a flower of the field:
Jeremiah 12:1-2
Righteous art Thou, O Jehovah, When I plead towards thee, Only, judgments do I speak with Thee, Wherefore did the way of the wicked prosper? At rest have been all treacherous dealers.
Malachi 3:15
And now, we are declaring the proud happy, Yea, built up have been those doing wickedness, Yea they have tempted God, and escape.'
Malachi 4:1
For, lo, the day hath come, burning as a furnace, And all the proud, and every wicked doer, have been stubble, And burnt them hath the day that came, Said Jehovah of Hosts, That there is not left to them root or branch,
Luke 16:19-25
And -- a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day,
James 1:10-11
and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away;
1 Peter 1:24
because all flesh is as grass, and all glory of man as flower of grass; wither did the grass, and the flower of it fell away,