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Psalms 37:20

Psalms chapter 37 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

But the wicked shall perish, And the enemies of Jehovah shall be as the fat of lambs: They shall consume; in smoke shall they consume away.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

But the wicked shall perish, And the enemies of Jehovah shall be as the fat of lambs: They shall consume; in smoke shall they consume away.

Context

v.19They shall not be put to shame in the time of evil; And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

v.20This passage

v.21The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again; But the righteous dealeth graciously, and giveth.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Hebrews 12:29

    for our God is a consuming fire.

  • Luke 13:3

    I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish.

  • Psalms 102:3

    For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand.

  • Psalms 92:9

    For, lo, thine enemies, O Jehovah, For, lo, thine enemies shall perish; All the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

  • Genesis 19:28

    and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the Plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.

  • Deuteronomy 29:20

    Jehovah will not pardon him, but then the anger of Jehovah and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and Jehovah will blot out his name from under heaven.