Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Surely thou will kill the wicked, O God. Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
Holman Bible
you bloodthirsty men, stay away from me
International Standard Version
God, if only you would execute the wicked, so that the men guilty of bloodshed would get away from me,
American Standard Version
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.
Amplified
Go away from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.
Bible in Basic English
If only you would put the sinners to death, O God; go far from me, you men of blood.
Darby Translation
Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O +God! And ye men of blood, depart from me.
Julia Smith Translation
Surely thou wilt kill the unjust one, O God: and ye men of bloods, depart from me.
King James 2000
Surely you will slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, you bloody men.
Lexham Expanded Bible
If only you would kill the wicked, O God-- so get away from me, [you] {bloodthirsty men}--
Modern King James verseion
Surely You will slay the wicked, O God; and bloody men, depart from me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wilt thou not slay the wicked, O God, that the bloodthirsty might depart from me?
NET Bible
If only you would kill the wicked, O God! Get away from me, you violent men!
New Heart English Bible
If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men.
The Emphasized Bible
Wilt thou not, O GOD, slay the lawless one? Therefore, ye men of bloodshed, depart from me!
Webster
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
World English Bible
If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
Youngs Literal Translation
Dost Thou slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!
Themes
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Saints deprecate
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 139:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
The All-Knowing, Ever-Present God
18 I count them; they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee. 19 Surely thou will kill the wicked, O God. Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men. 20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take [it] in vain.
Cross References
Isaiah 11:4
but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth. And he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
Psalm 5:6
Thou will destroy those who speak lies. LORD abhors the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.
Psalm 6:8
Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity, for LORD has heard the voice of my weeping.
Psalm 119:115
Depart from me, ye evil-doers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
Psalm 9:17
Wicked men shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.
Psalm 55:23
But thou, O God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in thee.
Psalm 64:7
But God will shoot at them. With an arrow they shall suddenly be wounded.
Psalm 94:23
And he has brought upon them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. LORD our God will cut them off.
Matthew 7:23
And then I will profess to them, I never acknowledged you. Depart from me, ye who work lawlessness.
Matthew 25:41
Then he will also say to those at the left hand, Depart from me, ye accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his agents.
2 Corinthians 6:17
Therefore, Come ye out from among them, and be ye separated, says Lord, And touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you