Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

But God will put an end to you for ever; driving you out from your tent, uprooting you from the land of the living. (Selah.)

New American Standard Bible

But God will break you down forever;
He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.

King James Version

God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

Holman Bible

This is why God will bring you down forever.
He will take you, ripping you out of your tent;
He will uproot you from the land of the living.Selah

International Standard Version

But God will tear you down forever; he will take you away, even snatching you out of your tent! He will uproot you from the land of the living. Interlude

A Conservative Version

God will likewise destroy thee forever. He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

American Standard Version

God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. Selah

Amplified


But God will break you down forever;
He will take you away and tear you away from your tent,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.

Darby Translation

God shall likewise destroy thee for ever; he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy tent, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

Julia Smith Translation

Also God will break thee down forever; he will take thee and sweep thee away from the tent, and root thee up from the land of the living. Silence.

King James 2000

God shall likewise destroy you forever, he shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.

Lexham Expanded Bible

but God will pull you down forever. He will snatch you and tear you away from [your] tent, and [he] will uproot you from [the] land of [the] living. Selah

Modern King James verseion

God will likewise destroy you forever; He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Therefore shall God destroy thee forever; he shall take thee, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

NET Bible

Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

New Heart English Bible

God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.

The Emphasized Bible

GOD also, will break thee down utterly, He will snatch thee up and tear thee away tentless, And uproot thee, out of the land of the living. Selah.

Webster

God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling-place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

World English Bible

God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.

Youngs Literal Translation

Also -- God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.

References

Fausets

Context Readings

God Judges The Proud

4 Destruction is in all your words, O false tongue. 5 But God will put an end to you for ever; driving you out from your tent, uprooting you from the land of the living. (Selah.) 6 The upright will see it with fear, and will say, laughing at you: strong in his wealth.

Cross References

Psalm 27:13

I had almost given up my hope of seeing the blessing of the Lord in the land of the living.

Proverbs 2:22

But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.

Job 18:14

He is pulled out of his tent where he was safe, and he is taken away to the king of fears.

Job 20:6-7

Though he is lifted up to the heavens, and his head goes up to the clouds;

Psalm 7:14-16

That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit.

Psalm 37:35-36

I have seen the evil-doer in great power, covering the earth like a great tree.

Psalm 55:23

But you, O God, will send them down into the underworld; the cruel and the false will be cut off before half their days are ended; but I will have faith in you.

Psalm 64:7-10

But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they are wounded.

Psalm 116:9

I will go before the Lord in the land of the living.

Psalm 140:9-11

As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips.

Proverbs 12:19

True lips are certain for ever, but a false tongue is only for a minute.

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.

Isaiah 22:19

And I will have you forced out of your place of authority, and pulled down from your position.

Isaiah 38:11

I said, I will not see the Lord, even the Lord in the land of the living: I will not see man again or those living in the world.

Luke 16:27-28

And he said, Father, it is my request that you will send him to my father's house;

Revelation 21:8

But those who are full of fear and without faith, the unclean and takers of life, those who do the sins of the flesh, and those who make use of evil powers or who give worship to images, and all those who are false, will have their part in the sea of ever-burning fire which is the second death.

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