Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
They are blotted out of the book of life, And with the righteous are not written.
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.
Themes
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 69:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Plea For Rescue
27 Give punishment for their iniquity, And they enter not into Thy righteousness. 28 They are blotted out of the book of life, And with the righteous are not written. 29 And I am afflicted and pained, Thy salvation, O God, doth set me on high.
Cross References
Ezekiel 13:9
And My hand hath been on the prophets, Who are seeing vanity, and who are divining a lie, In the assembly of My people they are not, And in the writing of the house of Israel they are not written, And unto the ground of Israel they come not, And ye have known that I am the Lord Jehovah.
Luke 10:20
but, in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subjected to you, but rejoice rather that your names were written in the heavens.'
Philippians 4:3
and I ask also thee, genuine yoke-fellow, be assisting those women who in the good news did strive along with me, with Clement also, and the others, my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life.
Exodus 32:32-33
and now, if Thou takest away their sin -- and if not -- blot me, I pray thee, out of Thy book which Thou hast written.'
Hebrews 12:23
to the company and assembly of the first-born in heaven enrolled, and to God the judge of all, and to spirits of righteous men made perfect,
Revelation 3:5
He who is overcoming -- this one -- shall be arrayed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the scroll of the life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before His messengers.
Revelation 13:8
And bow before it shall all who are dwelling upon the land, whose names have not been written in the scroll of the life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world;
Isaiah 4:3
And it hath been, he who is left in Zion, And he who is remaining in Jerusalem, 'Holy' is said of him, Of every one who is written for life in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 65:16
So that he who is blessing himself in the earth, Doth bless himself In the God of faithfulness, And he who is swearing in the earth, Doth swear by the God of faithfulness, Because the former distresses have been forgotten, And because they have been hid from Mine eyes.
Hosea 1:9
and He saith, 'Call his name Lo-Ammi, for ye are not My people, and I am not for you;
Revelation 20:12-15
and I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and scrolls were opened, and another scroll was opened, which is that of the life, and the dead were judged out of the things written in the scrolls -- according to their works;
Revelation 22:19
and if any one may take away from the words of the scroll of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the scroll of the life, and out of the holy city, and the things that have been written in this scroll;'