Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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.

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 wicked doers shall be rooted out; but they that patiently abide the LORD, shall inherit the land. 10 Suffer yet a little while, and the ungodly shall be clean gone; thou shalt look after his place, and he shall be away. 11 But the meek spirited shall possess the earth, and shall be refreshed in the multitude of peace.


Cross References

Job 24:24

They are exalted for a little, but shortly are they gone, brought to extreme poverty, and taken out of the way: yea, and utterly plucked off, as the ears of corn.

Job 7:10

nor turneth again into his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

Psalm 37:35-36

I myself have seen the ungodly in great power, and flourishing like a green bay-tree.

1 Samuel 25:38-39

and upon a ten days after, the LORD smote Nabal that he died.

2 Kings 9:25

Then he said to Bidkar, a lord of his, "Take and cast him in the plot of ground of Naboth the Jezreelite. For I remember as I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, how the LORD spake these words against him:

2 Kings 9:34-37

And then when he was come in and had eaten and drunk, he said, "Go and visit, I pray you, yonder cursed creature; and bury her, for she is a king's daughter."

Esther 7:10-1

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had made for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

Job 7:21

Why dost thou not forgive my sin? Wherefore takest thou not away my wickedness? Behold, now must I sleep in the dust: And if thou seekest me tomorrow in the morning, I shall be gone."

Job 14:10

But as for man; when he is dead, perished and consumed away, what becometh of him?

Job 20:8-9

He vanisheth as a dream, so that he can no more be found, and passeth away as a vision in the night.

Psalm 49:10

For he seeth that wise men also die and perish together, as well as the ignorant and foolish, and leave their riches for others.

Psalm 52:5

Therefore shall God destroy thee forever; he shall take thee, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

Psalm 58:10-11

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance, and shall wash his feet in the blood of the ungodly.

Psalm 73:18-20

Namely, how thou hast set them in a slippery places, that thou mayest cast them down headlong and destroy them.

Psalm 103:16

For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone, and the place thereof knoweth it no more.

Psalm 107:42-43

The righteous will consider this and rejoice; the mouth of all wickedness shall be stopped.

Isaiah 14:16-19

They that seek thee, shall narrowly look upon thee, and think in themselves, saying, "Is this the man, that brought all lands in fear, and made the kingdoms afraid?

Luke 12:20-21

But God said unto him, 'Thou fool, this night will they fetch away thy soul again from thee. Then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?'

Luke 16:27-28

Then he said, 'I pray thee therefore father, send him to my father's house.

Hebrews 10:36-37

For ye have need of patience, that after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

1 Peter 4:7

The end of all things is at hand. Be ye therefore discreet, and sober, that ye may be apt to prayers.

Revelation 6:10-11

and they cried with a loud voice saying, "How long tarriest thou Lord holy and true, to judge and to avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?"

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