Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Desist from anger and forsake wrath: thou shalt not be angry only to do evil
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.
A Conservative Version
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Fret not thyself, [it tends] only to evil-doing.
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.
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 Be silent to Jehovah and wait for him: thou shalt not be angry at him prospering his way, at the man doing wickednesses. 8 Desist from anger and forsake wrath: thou shalt not be angry only to do evil 9 For they doing evil shall be cut off: and they waiting for Jehovah they shall inherit the earth.
Cross References
Ephesians 4:31
Let all harshness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and slander, be put away from you, with all badness:
Proverbs 14:29
The slow to anger of much understanding: and the short of spirit exalts folly.
Proverbs 16:32
He slow to anger is, good above the strong; and, he ruling over his spirit above him taking a city,
Ephesians 4:26
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your fit of anger:
Job 5:2
For to the foolish, and anger will slay, and the simple will jealousy kill.
Colossians 3:8
And now ye also put them all away; anger, wrath, badness, slander, shameful language out of your mouth.
James 1:19-20
Wherefore, my dearly beloved brethren, let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger:
1 Samuel 25:21-23
(And David said, Surely in vain did I watch all which was to this one in the desert, and not any thing was missed from all which was to him; and he will turn back to me evil for good.
Job 18:4
He rent his soul in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed from its place?
Psalm 31:22
And I said in my hasty flight; I was cut off from before thine eyes: yet thou heardest the voice of my supplications in my crying to thee.
Psalm 73:15
If I said, I will recount thus; behold, I transgressed against the generation of thy sons.
Psalm 116:11
I said in my alarm, Every man a lie.
Jeremiah 20:14-15
Cursed the day which I was born in it; the day which my mother brought me forth shall not be blessed.
Jonah 4:1
And it will be evil to Jonah, a great evil, and it will kindle to him.
Jonah 4:9
And God will say to Jonah, Was it well to kindle to thee for the gourd? And he will say, It was well to kindle to me, even to death.
Luke 9:54-55
And his disciples James and John having seen, said, O Lord, wilt thou that we should speak fire to come down from heaven, and destroy them, as also did Elias?
James 3:14-18
And if ye have bitter envy and intrigue in your heart, boast not, and lie not against the truth.