Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
For yet a little while, and the wicked is not; and thou considerest his place, but he is not.
New American Standard Bible
And you will look carefully for
King James Version
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
Holman Bible
though you look for him, he will not be there.
International Standard Version
Yet a little while longer, and the wicked will be no more. You will search for his place, but he will not be there.
A Conservative Version
For yet a little while, and the wicked man shall not be. Yea, thou shall diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.
American Standard Version
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.
Amplified
For yet a little while and the wicked one will be gone [forever];
Though you look carefully where he used to be, he will not be [found].
Bible in Basic English
For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.
Julia Smith Translation
Yet a little, and no unjust one thou didst mark upon his place, and he was not
King James 2000
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, you shall diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And yet a little [while] and the wicked will not be, and you will look carefully upon his place, but he will not be.
Modern King James verseion
It is but a little while, and the wicked shall not be; yea, you shall search his place, and he shall not be.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Suffer yet a little while, and the ungodly shall be clean gone; thou shalt look after his place, and he shall be away.
NET Bible
Evil men will soon disappear; you will stare at the spot where they once were, but they will be gone.
New Heart English Bible
For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't there.
The Emphasized Bible
Yet a little, therefore, and the lawless one shall not be, Yea thou shalt look about, over his place - and he shall have vanished!
Webster
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yes, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
World English Bible
For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't there.
Youngs Literal Translation
And yet a little, and the wicked is not, And thou hast considered his place, and it is not.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 37:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Instruction In Wisdom
9 For evil-doers shall be cut off; but those that wait on Jehovah, they shall possess the land. 10 For yet a little while, and the wicked is not; and thou considerest his place, but he is not. 11 But the meek shall possess the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of prosperity.
Cross References
Job 24:24
They are exalted for a little, and are no more; they are laid low; like all other are they gathered, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
Job 7:10
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him again.
Psalm 37:35-36
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading like a green tree in its native soil:
1 Samuel 25:38-39
And it came to pass in about ten days that Jehovah smote Nabal, and he died.
2 Kings 9:25
And he said to Bidkar his captain, Take him up and cast him in the plot of the field of Naboth the Jizreelite. For remember how, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, that Jehovah laid this burden upon him:
2 Kings 9:34-37
And he came in, and ate and drank; and he said, Go, look, I pray you, after this cursed woman, and bury her; for she is a king's daughter.
Esther 7:10-1
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. And the king's wrath was appeased.
Job 7:21
And why dost not thou forgive my transgression and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I lie down in the dust, and thou shalt seek me early, and I shall not be.
Job 14:10
But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?
Job 20:8-9
He flieth away as a dream, and is not found; and is chased away as a vision of the night.
Psalm 49:10
For he seeth that wise men die; all alike, the fool and the brutish perish, and they leave their wealth to others.
Psalm 52:5
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever; he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy tent, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
Psalm 58:10-11
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the wicked:
Psalm 73:18-20
Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.
Psalm 103:16
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone, and the place thereof knoweth it no more.
Psalm 107:42-43
The upright shall see it, and rejoice; and all unrighteousness shall stop its mouth.
Isaiah 14:16-19
They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee; they shall consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that shook kingdoms;
Luke 12:20-21
But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?
Luke 16:27-28
And he said, I beseech thee then, father, that thou wouldest send him to the house of my father,
Hebrews 10:36-37
For ye have need of endurance in order that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.
1 Peter 4:7
But the end of all things is drawn nigh: be sober therefore, and be watchful unto prayers;
Revelation 6:10-11
and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O sovereign Ruler, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell upon the earth?