Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

The face of the Lord is against evildoers,
To cut off the memory of them from the earth.

King James Version

The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

Holman Bible

The face of the Lord is set
against those who do what is evil,
to erase all memory of them from the earth.

International Standard Version

The face of the LORD is set against those who do evil, and he will remove people's recollection of them from the earth.

A Conservative Version

(The face of LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.)

American Standard Version

The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

Amplified


The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
To cut off the memory of them from the earth.

Bible in Basic English

The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to take away the memory of them from the earth.

Darby Translation

The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, to cutoff the remembrance of them from the earth:

Julia Smith Translation

The face of Jehovah against those doing evil, to cut off their remembrance from the earth.

King James 2000

The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The face of Yahweh [is] against evildoers, to cut off the remembrance of them from [the] earth.

Modern King James verseion

The face of Jehovah is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But the face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to root out the remembrance of them from the earth.

NET Bible

But the Lord opposes evildoers and wipes out all memory of them from the earth.

New Heart English Bible

The LORD's face is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

The Emphasized Bible

the face of Yahweh, is against such as do wickedness, To cut off, from the earth, their memory.

Webster

The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

World English Bible

Yahweh's face is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

Youngs Literal Translation

(The face of Jehovah is on doers of evil, To cut off from earth their memorial.)

References

Hastings

Context Readings

The Lord Delivers The Righteous

15 The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous
And His ears are open to their cry.
16 The face of the Lord is against evildoers,
To cut off the memory of them from the earth.
17 The righteous cry, and the Lord hears
And delivers them out of all their troubles.


Cross References

Jeremiah 44:11

“Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, I am going to set My face against you for woe, even to cut off all Judah.

Leviticus 17:10

And any man from the house of Israel, or from the aliens who sojourn among them, who eats any blood, I will set My face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people.

Proverbs 10:7

The memory of the righteous is blessed,
But the name of the wicked will rot.

Amos 9:4

“And though they go into captivity before their enemies,
From there I will command the sword that it slay them,
And I will set My eyes against them for evil and not for good.”

Job 18:17

Memory of him perishes from the earth,
And he has no name abroad.

Leviticus 26:17

I will set My face against you so that you will be struck down before your enemies; and those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one is pursuing you.

Psalm 10:16

The Lord is King forever and ever;
Nations have perished from His land.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

So then, I have seen the wicked buried, those who used to go in and out from the holy place, and they are soon forgotten in the city where they did thus. This too is futility.

Jeremiah 17:13

O Lord, the hope of Israel,
All who forsake You will be put to shame.
Those who turn away on earth will be written down,
Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even the Lord.

Ezekiel 14:7-8

For anyone of the house of Israel or of the immigrants who stay in Israel who separates himself from Me, sets up his idols in his heart, puts right before his face the stumbling block of his iniquity, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me for himself, I the Lord will be brought to answer him in My own person.

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