Parallel Verses

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.

New American Standard Bible

Yet a little while and the wicked man will be no more;
And you will look carefully for his place and he will not be there.

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

A little while, and the wicked person will be no more;
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.

Darby Translation

For yet a little while, and the wicked is not; and thou considerest his place, but he is not.

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.

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.

Devotionals

Devotionals about Psalm 37:10

Context Readings

Instruction In Wisdom

9 For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh-- they will possess [the] land. 10 And yet a little [while] and the wicked will not be, and you will look carefully upon his place, but he will not be. 11 But [the] afflicted will possess [the] land, and they will take pleasure in an abundance of peace.

Cross References

Job 24:24

They are exalted a little while, then {they are gone}. And they are brought low; they are cut off like all [others], and like [the] heads of grain they wither away.

Job 7:10

He does not return again to his house, and his place does not recognize him again.

Psalm 37:35-36

I have seen [the] wicked acting violently and spreading himself out like a luxuriant native tree.

1 Samuel 25:38-39

{And then}, about ten days later, Yahweh struck Nabal and he died.

2 Kings 9:25

He said to Bidkar his third [servant], "Lift [him] out and throw him on the plot of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite, for remember, you and I [were] with the pair [of chariots] behind Ahab his father when Yahweh pronounced this oracle against him:

2 Kings 9:34-37

Then he came and ate and drank, and said, "Please take care of this cursed one and bury her, for she is the daughter of a king."

Esther 7:10-1

And they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the anger of the king was abated.

Job 7:21

And why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my guilt? For now I shall lie in the dust, and you will seek me, but {I will be no more}."

Job 14:10

"But a man dies, and he dwindles away; thus a human being passes away, and where is he?

Job 20:8-9

He will fly away like a dream, and they will not find him, and he will be chased away like a vision of [the] night.

Psalm 49:10

For he sees [that] the wise die, together [with the] fool and brute they perish, and leave their wealth to the next [generation].

Psalm 52:5

but God will pull you down forever. He will snatch you and tear you away from [your] tent, and [he] will uproot you from [the] land of [the] living. Selah

Psalm 58:10-11

[The] righteous will rejoice when he sees [the] vengeance; he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

Psalm 73:18-20

Surely you set them on slippery places. You cause them to fall onto ruin.

Psalm 103:16

When [the] wind passes over it, it is no more, and its place knows it no longer.

Psalm 107:42-43

[The] upright see [it] and are glad, and all wickedness shuts its mouth.

Isaiah 14:16-19

Those who see you will stare at you, they will look closely at you: '[Is] this the man who made the earth tremble, who caused kingdoms to shake,

Luke 12:20-21

But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your life is demanded from you, and [the things] which you have prepared--whose will they be?'

Luke 16:27-28

So he said, 'Then I ask you, father, that you send him to my father's house,

Hebrews 10:36-37

For you have need of endurance, in order that [after you] have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

1 Peter 4:7

Now the end of all [things] draws near. Therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for [your] prayers.

Revelation 6:10-11

and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, "{How long}, holy and true Lord, will you not judge and avenge our blood from those who live on the earth?"

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