Psalms 92:7

What does Psalms 92:7 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 92:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

When the sinners come up like the grass, and all the workers of evil do well for themselves, it is so that their end may be eternal destruction.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Not available in this translation

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.6A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:

v.7This passage

v.8But thou, O Jehovah, art on high for evermore.

Cross references

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

  • Psalms 73:12

    Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.

  • Psalms 90:5

    Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

  • Luke 16:19

    Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day:

  • Psalms 37:38

    As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together: The end of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • Job 21:7

    Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power?

  • Job 12:6

    The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

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