Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

And yet a little, and the wicked is not, And thou hast considered his place, and it is not.

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.

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.

Devotionals

Devotionals about Psalm 37:10

Context Readings

Instruction In Wisdom

9 For evil doers are cut off, As to those waiting on Jehovah, they possess the land. 10 And yet a little, and the wicked is not, And thou hast considered his place, and it is not. 11 And the humble do possess the land, And they have delighted themselves In the abundance of peace.

Cross References

Job 24:24

High they were for a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all others they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off.

Job 7:10

He turneth not again to his house, Nor doth his place discern him again.

Psalm 37:35-36

I have seen the wicked terrible, And spreading as a green native plant,

1 Samuel 25:38-39

And it cometh to pass, in about ten days, that Jehovah smiteth Nabal, and he dieth,

2 Kings 9:25

And Jehu saith unto Bidkar his captain, 'Lift up, cast him into the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite -- for, remember, I and thou were riding together after Ahab his father, and Jehovah lifted upon him this burden:

2 Kings 9:34-37

And he cometh in, and eateth, and drinketh, and saith, 'Look after, I pray you, this cursed one, and bury her, for she is a king's daughter.'

Esther 7:10-1

And they hang Haman upon the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king hath lain down.

Job 7:21

Thou dost not take away my transgression, And cause to pass away mine iniquity, Because now, for dust I lie down: And Thou hast sought me -- and I am not!

Job 14:10

And a man dieth, and becometh weak, And man expireth, and where is he?

Job 20:8-9

As a dream he fleeth, and they find him not, And he is driven away as a vision of the night,

Psalm 49:10

For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.

Psalm 52:5

Also -- God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.

Psalm 58:10-11

The righteous rejoiceth that he hath seen vengeance, His steps he washeth in the blood of the wicked.

Psalm 73:18-20

Only, in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations.

Psalm 103:16

For a wind hath passed over it, and it is not, And its place doth not discern it any more.

Psalm 107:42-43

The upright do see and rejoice, And all perversity hath shut her mouth.

Isaiah 14:16-19

Thy beholders look to thee, to thee they attend, Is this the man causing the earth to tremble, Shaking kingdoms?

Luke 12:20-21

And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare -- to whom shall they be?

Luke 16:27-28

'And he said, I pray thee, then, father, that thou mayest send him to the house of my father,

Hebrews 10:36-37

for of patience ye have need, that the will of God having done, ye may receive the promise,

1 Peter 4:7

And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,

Revelation 6:10-11

and they were crying with a great voice, saying, 'Till when, O Master, the Holy and the True, dost Thou not judge and take vengeance of our blood from those dwelling upon the land?'

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