Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

Surely thou wilt kill the unjust one, O God: and ye men of bloods, depart from me.

New American Standard Bible

O that You would slay the wicked, O God;
Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.

King James Version

Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.

Holman Bible

God, if only You would kill the wicked—
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,

A Conservative Version

Surely thou will kill the wicked, O God. Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.

American Standard Version

Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.

Amplified


O that You would kill the wicked, O God;
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.

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!

Verse Info

Context Readings

The All-Knowing, Ever-Present God

18 I will count them; they shall be multiplied above the sand of the sea: I awoke, and I am yet with thee. 19 Surely thou wilt kill the unjust one, O God: and ye men of bloods, depart from me. 20 For they will say to thee for mischief; thine enemies were lifted up for vanity.

Cross References

Isaiah 11:4

And he judged the powerless with justice, and he decided in straightness for the humble of the earth: and he struck the earth with the rod of his mouth, and by the spirit of his lips he will slay the unjust.

Psalm 5:6

Thou shalt destroy those speaking falsehood: a man of bloods and deceit Jehovah will abhor.

Psalm 6:8

Depart from me, all ye doing vanity, for Jehovah heard the voice of my weeping.

Psalm 119:115

Depart from me, ye doing evil, and I will watch the commands of my God.

Psalm 9:17

The unjust shall be turned away into hades, all the nations forgetting God.

Psalm 55:23

And thou, O God, wilt bring them down to the well of destruction: men of bloods and deceit shall not halve their days; and I will trust in thee.

Psalm 64:7

God shall be exalted; their blows were the arrow of the simple.

Psalm 94:23

And he will turn back upon them their iniquity, and in their evil he will cut them off; Jehovah our God will cut them off.

Matthew 7:23

And then shall I confess to them that I never knew you. Go away from me, ye working iniqnity.

Matthew 25:41

Then shall he say to them from the left, Go away from me, the cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his messengers:

2 Corinthians 6:17

Therefore come out from the midst of them, and be separated, says the Lord, and touch not the unclean; and I will receive you.

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