Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And may they not be
King James Version
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
Holman Bible
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.
Themes
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 69:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Plea For Rescue
27
Charge them with crime upon crime. Do not let them come into your righteousness.
28
And may they not be
Cross References
Ezekiel 13:9
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. They will not be written down in the register of the house of Israel. And they will not enter the land of Israel, that you may know that I am the Lord Jehovah.
Luke 10:20
Do not rejoice about this that the spirits are subject to you. 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 good news, together with Clement also and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.
Exodus 32:32-33
Will you forgive their sin? If not, please wipe me out of the book you have written.
Hebrews 12:23
to the general assembly and congregation of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just (righteous) (holy) men made perfect (mature) (having all needed qualities).
Revelation 3:5
He who overcomes will be clothed in white garments. I will not blot out his name from the book of life. In fact I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Revelation 13:8
All the citizens of earth will worship him, all whose names have not been written in the Lamb's book of life who was slain from the foundation of the world.
Isaiah 4:3
It will come about that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy along with everyone who is recorded among the living in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 65:16
Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of (amen, so be it) truth; he who takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the past troubles will be forgotten and hidden from my eyes.
Hosea 1:9
Jehovah said: Name him Loammi for you are not my people, and I am not your God.
Revelation 20:12-15
I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God. The books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged according to the things written in the books, according to their works.
Revelation 22:19
If any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things that are written in this book.