Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Fret not thyself, [it tends] only to evil-doing.
New American Standard Bible
Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.
King James Version
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
Holman Bible
do not be agitated—it can only bring harm.
International Standard Version
Calm your anger and abandon wrath. Don't be angry it only leads to evil.
American Standard Version
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing.
Amplified
Cease from anger and abandon wrath;
Do not fret; it leads only to evil.
Bible in Basic English
Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.
Darby Translation
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; fret not thyself: it would be only to do evil.
Julia Smith Translation
Desist from anger and forsake wrath: thou shalt not be angry only to do evil
King James 2000
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not yourself in any way to do evil.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Refrain from anger and forsake wrath. Do not fret; [it] only brings evil.
Modern King James verseion
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; do not fret yourself to do evil.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Leave off from wrath, and let go displeasure; let not thy jealousy move thee also to do evil.
NET Bible
Do not be angry and frustrated! Do not fret! That only leads to trouble!
New Heart English Bible
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Do not fret, it leads only to evildoing.
The Emphasized Bible
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath, Burn not with vexation - it would be only to do evil;
Webster
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
World English Bible
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don't fret, it leads only to evildoing.
Youngs Literal Translation
Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil.
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 37:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Instruction In Wisdom
7 Rest in LORD, and wait patiently for him. Fret not thyself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass. 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Fret not thyself, [it tends] only to evil-doing. 9 For evil-doers shall be cut off, but those who wait for LORD, they shall inherit the land.
Cross References
Ephesians 4:31
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and reviling be taken away from you, with all evil.
Proverbs 14:29
He who is slow to anger is of great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exalts folly.
Proverbs 16:32
He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
Ephesians 4:26
Be ye angry, and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath,
Job 5:2
For vexation kills the foolish man, and jealousy slays the silly one.
Colossians 3:8
But now ye also, put off all these things: anger, wrath, wickedness, reviling, filthy speaking out of your mouth.
James 1:19-20
Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
1 Samuel 25:21-23
Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him, and he has returned me evil for good.
Job 18:4
Thou who tear thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
Psalm 31:22
As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes. Nevertheless thou heard the voice of my supplications when I cried to thee.
Psalm 73:15
If I had said, I will speak thus, behold, I would have dealt treacherously with the generation of thy sons.
Psalm 116:11
I said in my haste, All men are liars.
Jeremiah 20:14-15
Cursed be the day in which I was born. Let not the day in which my mother bore me be blessed.
Jonah 4:1
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
Jonah 4:9
And God said to Jonah, Do thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even to death.
Luke 9:54-55
And his disciples James and John having seen, they said, Lord, do thou want that we should call fire to come down from the sky, and consume them, as also Elijah did?
James 3:14-18
But if ye have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast, and do not lie against the truth.