Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

The wicked will see it and be vexed,
He will gnash his teeth and melt away;
The desire of the wicked will perish.

King James Version

The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

Holman Bible

The wicked man will see it and be angry;
he will gnash his teeth in despair.
The desire of the wicked man will come to nothing.

International Standard Version

The wicked person sees this and flies into a rage; his teeth gnash and wear away. The desire of the wicked will amount to nothing.

A Conservative Version

A wicked man shall see it, and be grieved. He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away. The desire of wicked men shall perish.

American Standard Version

The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: The desire of the wicked shall perish.

Amplified


The wicked will see it and be angered,
He will gnash his teeth and melt away [in despair and death];
The desire of the wicked will perish and come to nothing.

Bible in Basic English

The sinner will see it with grief; he will be wasted away with envy; the desire of the evil-doers will come to nothing.

Darby Translation

The wicked man shall see it and be vexed; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

Julia Smith Translation

The unjust one shall see and be angry; shall gnash his teeth and he melted away: the desire of the unjust shall perish.

King James 2000

The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[The] wicked sees [it] and is vexed. He gnashes his teeth and {becomes weak}. [The] desire of [the] wicked perishes.

Modern King James verseion

The wicked shall see and be vexed; he shall gnash with his teeth and melt away; the desire of the wicked shall perish.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The ungodly shall see it, and it shall grieve him; he shall gnash with his teeth, and consume away, and the desire of the ungodly shall perish.

NET Bible

When the wicked see this, they will worry; they will grind their teeth in frustration and melt away; the desire of the wicked will perish.

New Heart English Bible

The wicked will see it, and be grieved. He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away. The desire of the wicked will perish.

The Emphasized Bible

The lawless one, shall see, and be indignant, his teeth, will he gnash and melt away, The craving of the lawless, shall vanish.

Webster

The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

World English Bible

The wicked will see it, and be grieved. He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away. The desire of the wicked will perish.

Youngs Literal Translation

The wicked seeth, and hath been angry, His teeth he gnasheth, and hath melted, The desire of the wicked doth perish!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

it, and be grieved
כּעס 
Ka`ac 
Usage: 55

חרק 
Charaq 
Usage: 5

with his teeth
שׁן 
Shen 
Usage: 55

and melt away
מסס 
Macac 
Usage: 21

the desire
תּאוה 
Ta'avah 
Usage: 20

of the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

References

Easton

Context Readings

The Path Of The Righteous And The Path Of The Wicked

9 He gives freely to poor. His righteousness continues forever. His head is raised in honor. 10 The wicked will see it and be vexed,
He will gnash his teeth and melt away;
The desire of the wicked will perish.

Cross References

Psalm 37:12

The wicked plots against the righteous and grinds at him with his teeth.

Psalm 58:7-8

Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.

Proverbs 11:7

When a wicked man dies his expectation perishes, indeed the hope of unjust men perishes.

Luke 13:28

You will cry and grind your teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the Kingdom of God, while you are thrown out!

Proverbs 10:28

The hope of the righteous is joy. The prospect for the wicked is bleak.

Esther 6:11-12

Haman took the robes and the horse, and dressing Mordecai in the robes, he made him go on horseback through the streets of the town, crying out before him: So let it be done to the man whom the king has delight in honoring.

Job 8:13

Such is the destiny of all who forget God. The hope of the godless will perish.

Psalm 86:17

Grant me some proof of your goodness so that those who hate me may see it and be put to shame. You, O Jehovah, have helped me and comforted me.

Isaiah 65:13-14

Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah says: My servants will eat, but you will go hungry. My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty. My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame!

Matthew 8:12

but the sons of the kingdom will be cast forth into the outer darkness: there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 22:13

The king gave orders for that person to be tied hand and foot and thrown outside into the dark. That is where people will cry and grind their teeth in pain.

Luke 16:23-26

He was in great torment in the grave (hades). He looked up and saw Abraham, far away, with Lazarus at his side.

Revelation 16:10-11

Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast; and his kingdom became full of darkness. And they gnawed their tongues because of the pain.

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