Parallel Verses
King James 2000
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not yourself in any way 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.
Julia Smith Translation
Desist from anger and forsake wrath: thou shalt not be angry only 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 the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not yourself 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 yourself in any way to do evil. 9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
Cross References
Ephesians 4:31
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Proverbs 14:29
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalts folly.
Proverbs 16:32
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that rules his spirit than he that takes a city.
Ephesians 4:26
Be angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Job 5:2
For wrath kills the foolish man, and envy slays the simple one.
Colossians 3:8
But now you also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy talk out of your mouth.
James 1:19-20
Therefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger:
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 unto him: and he has repaid me evil for good.
Job 18:4
He tears himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for you? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?
Psalm 31:22
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before your eyes: nevertheless you heard the voice of my supplications when I cried unto you.
Psalm 73:15
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I would have been untrue to the generation of your children.
Psalm 116:11
I said in my haste, All men are liars.
Jeremiah 20:14-15
Cursed be the day on which I was born: let not the day on which my mother bore me be blessed.
Jonah 4:1
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
Jonah 4:9
And God said to Jonah, Do you do well to be angry about the plant? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
Luke 9:54-55
And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, will you that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elijah did?
James 3:14-18
But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, boast not, and lie not against the truth.