Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
O Lord, when
King James Version
As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
Holman Bible
Lord, when arising, You will despise their image.
International Standard Version
Like a dream when one awakens, Lord, you will despise their image when you arise.
A Conservative Version
As a dream from awakening, O LORD, when thou waken, thou will despise their form.
American Standard Version
As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.
Amplified
Like a dream [which seems real] until one awakens,
O Lord, when stirred, [You observe the wicked], You will despise their image.
Bible in Basic English
As a dream when one is awake, they are ended; they are like an image gone out of mind when sleep is over.
Darby Translation
As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image.
Julia Smith Translation
As a dream of him awaking, O Jehovah, in awaking thou wilt despise their image.
King James 2000
As a dream when one awakes; so, O Lord, when you awake, you shall despise their image.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Like a dream upon awakening, when [you] wake up, O Lord, you will despise their fleeting form.
Modern King James verseion
like a dream when one awakens; so, O Jehovah, when You awake, You shall despise their image.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yea, even like as a dream when one awaketh, so makest thou their image to vanish out of the city.
NET Bible
They are like a dream after one wakes up. O Lord, when you awake you will despise them.
New Heart English Bible
As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
The Emphasized Bible
As the dream of him that waketh, O my Lord! when rousing thyself up, their shadowy being, wilt thou despise.
Webster
As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.
World English Bible
As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
Youngs Literal Translation
As a dream from awakening, O Lord, In awaking, their image Thou despisest.
Themes
Dreams » Illustrative of » Prosperity of sinners
Envy » Prosperity of the wicked should not excite
Happiness » Of the wicked » Often interrupted by judgments
Happiness » Of the wicked » Saints often permitted to see the end of
Happiness of the The Wicked » Often interrupted by judgments
Happiness of the The Wicked » Saints often permitted to see the end of
References
American
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 73:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Ways Vindicated
19
How they are brought into desolation, as in a moment! They have come to an end; they are utterly consumed with terrors.
20
O Lord, when
Names
Cross References
Job 20:8
He shall fly away as a dream and shall not be found: yea, he shall flee away as a vision of the night.
Psalm 78:65
Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep and like a mighty man that shouts by reason of wine.
Psalm 7:6
Arise, O LORD, in thine anger; lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake the judgment in my favour that thou hast commanded.
Psalm 39:6
Surely man walks in darkness; surely they are disquieted in vain; they heap up riches not knowing who shall gather them.
Psalm 90:5
Thou dost cause them to pass by as the waters of a river; they are as a dream, which is strong in the morning like grass.
Isaiah 29:7-8
And the multitude of all the Gentiles that shall fight against Ariel, even all that shall fight against her and their siege weapons, and those that shall distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.