Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
For, lo, those who are far from thee shall perish. Thou have destroyed all those who go a whoring from thee.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
Holman Bible
You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.
International Standard Version
Those far from you will perish; you will destroy those who are unfaithful to you.
American Standard Version
For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, departing from thee.
Amplified
For behold, those who are far from You will perish;
You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful and have abandoned You.
Bible in Basic English
For those who are far away from you will come to destruction: you will put an end to all those who have not kept faith with you.
Darby Translation
For behold, they that are far from thee shall perish; thou destroyest every one that goeth a whoring from thee.
Julia Smith Translation
For behold, they being far off from thee shall perish: thou didst lay waste all committing fornication from thee.
King James 2000
For, lo, they that are far from you shall perish: you have destroyed all them that go after idols, departing from you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For indeed, [those] distancing themselves from you will be ruined. You destroy each who abandons you for harlotry.
Modern King James verseion
For lo, those who are far from You shall perish; You have destroyed all who go lusting away from You.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For lo, they that forsake thee shall perish; thou destroyest all them that commit fornication against thee.
NET Bible
Yes, look! Those far from you die; you destroy everyone who is unfaithful to you.
New Heart English Bible
For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.
The Emphasized Bible
For lo! they who are far from thee, shall perish, Thou hast put an end to every one who wandered unchastely from thee.
Webster
For lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go astray from thee.
World English Bible
For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.
Youngs Literal Translation
For, lo, those far from Thee do perish, Thou hast cut off every one, Who is going a whoring from Thee.
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 73:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Ways Vindicated
26 My flesh and my heart fails, [but] God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. 27 For, lo, those who are far from thee shall perish. Thou have destroyed all those who go a whoring from thee. 28 But it is good for me to draw near to God. I have made lord LORD my refuge, that I may tell of all thy works.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 119:155
Salvation is far from the wicked, for they seek not thy statutes.
Exodus 34:15
Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they play the harlot after their gods, and sacrifice to their gods, and [a man] calls thee and thou eat of his sacrifice,
Numbers 15:39
And it shall be to you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of LORD, and do them, and that ye not follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to play the harlot,
James 4:4
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is hatred of God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.
Job 21:14-15
And they say to God, Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of thy ways.
Psalm 106:39
Thus they were defiled with their works, and played the harlot in their doings.
Isaiah 29:13
And LORD said, Inasmuch as this people draw near [me] with their mouth, and honor me with their lips, but have removed their heart far from me, {but in vain they worship me (LXX/NT)}, {teaching the commandments and doctrines of men
Jeremiah 12:2
Thou have planted them. Yea, they have taken root, they grow. Yea, they bring forth fruit. Thou are near in their mouth, and far from their heart.
Matthew 15:7-8
Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying,
Ephesians 2:13
But now in Christ Jesus ye, being formerly far off, became near in the blood of the Christ.
Ephesians 2:17
And after coming he preached good-news, peace to you, to those far off and to those near,
Revelation 17:1-5
And one of the seven agents who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, Come, I will show thee the judgment of the great whore who sits upon the many waters