Parallel Verses
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.
NET Bible
But evil men will die; the Lord's enemies will be incinerated -- they will go up in smoke.
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 in the time of evil. In the days of famine they will have abundance.
20
And the enemies of the Lord will be like the
They vanish—
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 102:3
My days have been consumed in smoke, and my bones have been scorched like a hearth.
Psalm 68:2
As smoke is driven away, drive them away: as wax melts before the fire, let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Judges 5:31
May all your enemies die like that, Jehovah, may your friends shine like the rising sun! There was peace in the land for forty years.
Genesis 19:28
He looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land in the Plain. He saw smoke rising from the land like the thick smoke of a furnace.
Leviticus 3:3-11
Offer all of the fat on the animal's insides as a sacrifice of the peace offering made by fire to Jehovah.
Leviticus 3:16
The priest will burn them on the altar. It is food, an offering by fire to Jehovah. It is a soothing aroma. All the fat belongs to Jehovah.
Deuteronomy 29:20
Jehovah will never be willing to forgive him, but rather the anger of Jehovah and / His jealousy will burn against that man. Every curse which is written in this book will rest on him. Jehovah will blot out his name from under heaven.
Deuteronomy 33:14-16
Bless with the choice yield of the sun, and with the bounty produced each month.
Psalm 92:9
Now look at your enemies, O Jehovah. They disappear and all troublemakers are scattered.
Luke 13:3
It does not! I tell you; if you do not turn from your sins, you will die as they did.
Luke 13:5
It does not! I tell you if you do not turn from your sins, you will die as they did.
Hebrews 12:29
Our God is a destroying (consuming) fire.
2 Peter 2:12
But these are creatures without reason. They were born mere animals to be taken and destroyed! They speak abusively in matters of which they are ignorant. They suffer destruction in their own course of destruction.