Parallel Verses
NET Bible
But evil men will die; the Lord's enemies will be incinerated -- they will go up in smoke.
New American Standard Bible
And the enemies of the Lord will be like the
They vanish—
King James Version
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
Holman Bible
the Lord’s enemies, like the glory of the pastures,
will fade away—
they will fade away like smoke.
International Standard Version
Indeed, the wicked will perish. The LORD's enemies will be consumed like flowers in the fields. They will vanish like smoke.
A Conservative Version
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of LORD [is] as the fat of lambs: they shall disintegrate; they shall disintegrate away into smoke.
American Standard Version
But the wicked shall perish, And the enemies of Jehovah shall be as the fat of lambs: They shall consume; In smoke shall they consume away.
Amplified
But the wicked (ungodly) will perish,
And the enemies of the Lord will be like the
They vanish—like smoke they vanish away.
Bible in Basic English
But the wrongdoers will come to destruction, and the haters of the Lord will be like the fat of lambs, they will be burned up; they will go up in smoke, and never again be seen.
Darby Translation
For the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of Jehovah shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume, like smoke shall they consume away.
Julia Smith Translation
For the unjust shall perish, and the enemies of Jehovah as the preciousness of lambs: they ended in smoke; they ended.
King James 2000
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall vanish; into smoke shall they vanish away.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But [the] wicked will perish, and the enemies of Yahweh [will be] like [the] splendor of [the] pastures. They vanish; in smoke they vanish.
Modern King James verseion
But the wicked shall pass, and the enemies of Jehovah shall be like the beauty of pastures; they are consumed, like smoke they perish.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
As for the ungodly, they shall perish. and the enemies of the LORD shall consume as the fat of lambs; yea, even as the smoke shall they consume away.
New Heart English Bible
But the wicked shall perish. The enemies of the LORD shall be like the beauty of the fields. They will vanish?vanish like smoke.
The Emphasized Bible
For, the lawless, shall perish, and, the foes of Yahweh, be like the glory of the meadows, They have vanished! In smoke, have they vanished!
Webster
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
World English Bible
But the wicked shall perish. The enemies of Yahweh shall be like the beauty of the fields. They will vanish -- vanish like smoke.
Youngs Literal Translation
But the wicked perish, and the enemies of Jehovah, As the preciousness of lambs, Have been consumed, In smoke they have been consumed.
Themes
Blessings » Those that are blessed of the lord
Curses » Those that are cursed
Lambs » Illustrative » (consumed in sacrifice,) of complete destruction of the wicked
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 37:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Instruction In Wisdom
19 They will not be ashamed when hard times come; when famine comes they will have enough to eat. 20 But evil men will die; the Lord's enemies will be incinerated -- they will go up in smoke. 21 Evil men borrow, but do not repay their debt, but the godly show compassion and are generous.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 102:3
For my days go up in smoke, and my bones are charred like a fireplace.
Psalm 68:2
As smoke is driven away by the wind, so you drive them away. As wax melts before fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God.
Judges 5:31
May all your enemies perish like this, O Lord! But may those who love you shine like the rising sun at its brightest!" And the land had rest for forty years.
Genesis 19:28
He looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of that region. As he did so, he saw the smoke rising up from the land like smoke from a furnace.
Leviticus 3:3-11
Then the one presenting the offering must present a gift to the Lord from the peace offering sacrifice: He must remove the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that surrounds the entrails,
Leviticus 3:16
Then the priest must offer them up in smoke on the altar as a food gift for a soothing aroma -- all the fat belongs to the Lord.
Deuteronomy 29:20
The Lord will be unwilling to forgive him, and his intense anger will rage against that man; all the curses written in this scroll will fall upon him and the Lord will obliterate his name from memory.
Deuteronomy 33:14-16
with the harvest produced by the daylight and by the moonlight;
Psalm 92:9
Indeed, look at your enemies, O Lord! Indeed, look at how your enemies perish! All the evildoers are scattered!
Luke 13:3
No, I tell you! But unless you repent, you will all perish as well!
Luke 13:5
No, I tell you! But unless you repent you will all perish as well!"
Hebrews 12:29
For our God is indeed a devouring fire.
2 Peter 2:12
But these men, like irrational animals -- creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed -- do not understand whom they are insulting, and consequently in their destruction they will be destroyed,