Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

though the wicked sprout like grass
and all evildoers flourish,
they will be eternally destroyed.

New American Standard Bible

That when the wicked sprouted up like grass
And all who did iniquity flourished,
It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore.

King James Version

When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

International Standard Version

Though the wicked sprout like grass; and all who practice iniquity flourish, it is they who will be eternally destroyed.

A Conservative Version

When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is that they shall be destroyed forever,

American Standard Version

When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.

Amplified


That though the wicked sprout up like grass
And all evildoers flourish,
They will be destroyed forever.

Darby Translation

When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is that they may be destroyed for ever.

Julia Smith Translation

In the putting forth of the unjust as grass, and all working iniquity shall flourish; to destroy them even to forever:

King James 2000

When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed forever:

Lexham Expanded Bible

When the wicked flourish like grass and all [the] workers of evil blossom, [it is] so they can be destroyed forever.

Modern King James verseion

When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity blossom, it is that they shall be destroyed forever;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

that the ungodly are green as grass, and that all the works of wickedness do flourish, to be destroyed forever.

NET Bible

When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.

New Heart English Bible

though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.

The Emphasized Bible

When the lawless do thrive like grass, And all the workers of iniquity have blossomed, It is that they may be destroyed for ever.

Webster

When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

World English Bible

though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.

Youngs Literal Translation

When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity -- For their being destroyed for ever and ever!

References

American

Fausets

Context Readings

God's Love And Faithfulness

6 A stupid person does not know,
a fool does not understand this:
7 though the wicked sprout like grass
and all evildoers flourish,
they will be eternally destroyed.
8 But You, Lord, are exalted forever.

Cross References

Psalm 37:38

But transgressors will all be eliminated;
the future of the wicked will be destroyed.

Psalm 73:18-20

Indeed, You put them in slippery places;
You make them fall into ruin.

Job 12:6

The tents of robbers are safe,
and those who provoke God are secure;
God’s power provides this.

1 Samuel 25:36-38

Then Abigail went to Nabal, and there he was in his house, holding a feast fit for a king. Nabal was in a good mood and very drunk, so she didn’t say anything to him until morning light.

Job 21:7-12

Why do the wicked continue to live,
growing old and becoming powerful?

Psalm 37:1-2

Davidic.Do not be agitated by evildoers;
do not envy those who do wrong.

Psalm 37:35-36

I have seen a wicked, violent man
well-rooted like a flourishing native tree.

Psalm 73:12

Look at them—the wicked!
They are always at ease,
and they increase their wealth.

Psalm 90:5-6

You end their lives; they sleep.
They are like grass that grows in the morning—

Psalm 94:4

They pour out arrogant words;
all the evildoers boast.

Psalm 103:15-16

As for man, his days are like grass—
he blooms like a flower of the field;

Proverbs 1:32

For the turning away of the inexperienced will kill them,
and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Isaiah 37:27

Their inhabitants have become powerless,
dismayed, and ashamed.
They are plants of the field,
tender grass,
grass on the rooftops,
blasted by the east wind.

Isaiah 40:6-7

A voice was saying, “Cry out!”
Another said, “What should I cry out?”
“All humanity is grass,
and all its goodness is like the flower of the field.

Jeremiah 12:1-2

You will be righteous, Lord,
even if I bring a case against You.
Yet, I wish to contend with You:
Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why do all the treacherous live at ease?

Malachi 3:15

So now we consider the arrogant to be fortunate. Not only do those who commit wickedness prosper, they even test God and escape.”

Malachi 4:1

“For indeed, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and everyone who commits wickedness will become stubble. The coming day will consume them,” says the Lord of Hosts, “not leaving them root or branches.

Luke 16:19-25

“There was a rich man who would dress in purple and fine linen, feasting lavishly every day.

James 1:10-11

but the one who is rich should boast in his humiliation because he will pass away like a flower of the field.

1 Peter 1:24

For

All flesh is like grass,
and all its glory like a flower of the grass.
The grass withers, and the flower falls,

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