Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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.)

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 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 You love all devouring words, O deceitful tongue. 5 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. 6 And the righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying,

Cross References

Psalm 27:13

I would have fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah in the land of the living.

Proverbs 2:22

But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

Job 18:14

His hope shall be rooted out of his tent, and you marched to the king of terrors.

Job 20:6-7

Though his honor mounts up to the heavens, and his head reaches to the clouds,

Psalm 7:14-16

Behold, he labors in pain with iniquity, and he has conceived mischief, and has brought forth falsehood.

Psalm 37:35-36

I have seen the wicked ruthless, and spreading himself like a luxuriant native tree.

Psalm 55:23

But You, O God, will bring them down into the pit of ruin; bloody and deceitful men shall not live half their days; but I will trust in You.

Psalm 64:7-10

But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly they shall be wounded.

Psalm 116:9

I will walk before Jehovah in the land of the living.

Psalm 120:2-4

Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

Psalm 140:9-11

As for the head of those around me, let the evil of their own lips cover them.

Proverbs 12:19

The lips of truth shall be established forever, but only while I wink is a lying tongue.

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and a breather of lies shall not escape.

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and one speaking lies shall perish.

Isaiah 22:19

And I will drive you from your position, and he will pull you from your station.

Isaiah 38:11

I said, I shall not see Jah, Jehovah, in the land of the living; I shall look on man no more with the people of the world.

Luke 16:27-28

And he said, I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house,

Revelation 21:8

But the fearful, and the unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, will have their part in the Lake burning with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

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