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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.

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.

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 on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry. 16 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to take away the memory of them from the earth. 17 The cry of the upright comes before the Lord, and he takes them out of all their troubles.

Cross References

Jeremiah 44:11

So this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, my face will be turned against you for evil, for the cutting off of all Judah;

Leviticus 17:10

And if any man of Israel, or any other living among them, takes any sort of blood for food, my wrath will be turned against that man and he will be cut off from among his people.

Proverbs 10:7

The memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust.

Amos 9:4

And though they are taken away as prisoners by their attackers, even there will I give orders to the sword to put them to death: my eyes will be fixed on them for evil and not for good.

Job 18:17

His memory is gone from the earth, and in the open country there is no knowledge of his name.

Leviticus 26:17

And my face will be turned from you, and you will be broken before those who are against you, and your haters will become your rulers, and you will go in flight when no man comes after you.

Psalm 10:16

The Lord is King for ever and ever; the nations are gone from his land.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

And then I saw evil men put to rest, taken even from the holy place; and they went about and were praised in the town because of what they had done. This again is to no purpose.

Jeremiah 17:13

O Lord, the hope of Israel, all who give you up will be put to shame; those who go away from you will be cut off from the earth, because they have given up the Lord, the fountain of living waters.

Ezekiel 14:7-8

When any one of the men of Israel, or of those from other lands who are living in Israel, who has become strange to me, and takes his false gods into his heart, and puts before his face the sin which is the cause of his fall, comes to the prophet to get directions from me; I the Lord will give him an answer by myself:

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