Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

May they be blotted out of the book of life
And may they not be recorded with the righteous.

King James Version

Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

Holman Bible

Let them be erased from the book of life
and not be recorded with the righteous.

International Standard Version

May they be erased from the Book of Life, and their names not be written with the righteous.

A Conservative Version

Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.

American Standard Version

Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous.

Amplified


May they be blotted out of the book of life [and their lives come to an end]
And may they not be recorded with the righteous (those in right standing with God).

Bible in Basic English

Let their names be taken from the book of the living, let them not be numbered with the upright.

Darby Translation

Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.

Julia Smith Translation

They shall be wiped off from the book of the living, and with the just they shall not be written.

King James 2000

Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Let them be blotted out of [the] book of [the] living, and let them not be recorded with [the] righteous.

Modern King James verseion

Let them be blotted out of the Book of Life, and not be written with the righteous.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Let them be wiped out of the book of the living, and not be written among the righteous.

NET Bible

May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! Do not let their names be listed with the godly!

New Heart English Bible

Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.

The Emphasized Bible

Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And, with the righteous, let them not be enrolled.

Webster

Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

World English Bible

Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.

Youngs Literal Translation

They are blotted out of the book of life, And with the righteous are not written.

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Watsons

Context Readings

A Plea For Rescue

27 Add iniquity to their iniquity,
And may they not come into Your righteousness.
28 May they be blotted out of the book of life
And may they not be recorded with the righteous.
29 But I am afflicted and in pain;
May Your salvation, O God, set me securely on high.


Cross References

Ezekiel 13:9

“So My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying divinations. They will have no place in the council of My people, nor will they be written down in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel, that you may know that I am the Lord God.

Luke 10:20

Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.”

Philippians 4:3

Indeed, true companion, I ask you also to help these women who have shared my struggle in the cause of the gospel, together with Clement also and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.

Exodus 32:32-33

But now, if You will, forgive their sin—and if not, please blot me out from Your book which You have written!”

Hebrews 12:23

to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

Revelation 3:5

He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.

Revelation 13:8

All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain.

Isaiah 4:3

It will come about that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy—everyone who is recorded for life in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 65:16

“Because he who is blessed in the earth
Will be blessed by the God of truth;
And he who swears in the earth
Will swear by the God of truth;
Because the former troubles are forgotten,
And because they are hidden from My sight!

Hosea 1:9

And the Lord said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people and I am not your God.”

Revelation 20:12-15

And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds.

Revelation 22:19

and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written in this book.

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