Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Refrain from anger and forsake wrath. Do not fret; [it] only brings 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
King James 2000
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not yourself in any way to do 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 quiet before Yahweh and wait for him. Do not fret about one who succeeds [in] his way, about a man making plots. 8 Refrain from anger and forsake wrath. Do not fret; [it] only brings evil. 9 For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh-- they will possess [the] land.
Cross References
Ephesians 4:31
All bitterness, and rage, and wrath, and clamor, and abusive speech, must be removed from you, together with all wickedness.
Proverbs 14:29
[He who is] slow to anger [has] great understanding, but the hasty of spirit exalts folly.
Proverbs 16:32
He who is slow to anger [is] better than him who is mighty, and he who controls his spirit than him who captures a city.
Ephesians 4:26
Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun set on your anger,
Job 5:2
For vexation will slay the fool, and jealousy will kill [the] simple.
Colossians 3:8
But now you also lay aside all [these] things: anger, rage, wickedness, slander, abusive language from your mouth.
James 1:19-20
Understand [this], my dear brothers: every person must be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
1 Samuel 25:21-23
Now David had said, "Surely {in vain} I guarded all that this fellow had in the desert. And nothing was missed of all that [was] his, but he returned evil against me in place of good!
Job 18:4
"[You who] are tearing {yourself} in your anger, will [the] earth be forsaken because of you? Or will [the] rock be removed from its place?
Psalm 31:22
As for me, I said in my alarm, "I am cut off from before your eyes." However you heard the voice of my supplications when I cried to you for help.
Psalm 73:15
If I had said, "I will speak thus," behold, I would have acted treacherously against your children's generation.
Psalm 116:11
I said in my haste, "{Everyone} [is] a liar."
Jeremiah 20:14-15
Cursed be [the] day [on] which I was born, let not the day [on] which my mother gave birth to me be blessed.
Jonah 4:1
And this {was greatly displeasing} to Jonah, and {he became furious}.
Jonah 4:9
So God said to Jonah, "{Is it right for you to be angry} about the plant?" And he said, "{It is right for me to be angry enough to die}!"
Luke 9:54-55
Now [when] the disciples James and John saw [it], they said, "Lord, do you want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume them?"
James 3:14-18
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.