Psalm 37:20 - The Scriptures 1998

²⁰ But the wrongdoers shall perish; And the enemies of יהוה, Like the splendour of the meadows they vanish, Like smoke they vanish away.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs [that is consumed in smoke] and as the glory of the pastures. They shall vanish; like smoke shall they consume away.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ 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.

Common English Bible

²⁰ But the wicked will die, the LORD’s enemies will disappear— disappear like the beauty of a meadow—in smoke.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ But my enemies live, and they have been stronger than me. And those who have wrongfully hated me have been multiplied.

Psalm 37:20 Cross References

Genesis 19:28

and he looked toward Seḏ

Psalm 102:3

For my days are consumed like smoke, And my bones are burned like a hearth.

Psalm 68:2

As smoke is driven away, You drive them away; As wax melts before the fire, The wrong perish before Elohim.

Psalm 68:3

But the righteous are glad, They exult before Elohim. And they rejoice with gladness.

Psalm 92:9

For look, Your enemies, O יהוה, For look, Your enemies do perish; All the workers of wickedness are scattered.

Proverbs 2:22

But the wrong shall be cut off from the earth, And the treacherous ones plucked out of it.

Leviticus 3:16

‘And the priest shall burn them on the altar as food, an offering made by fire for a sweet fragrance. All the fat belongs to יהוה.

Luke 13:3

“I say to you, no! But unless you repent you shall all perish in the same way.

Luke 13:5

“I say to you, no! But unless you repent you shall all perish in the same way.”

Deuteronomy 29:20

“יהוה  would not forgive him, but rather, the displeasure of יהוה  and His jealousy shall burn against that man, and every curse that is written in this book shall settle on him, and יהוה  shall blot out his name from under the heavens.

Hebrews 12:29

for indeed, our Elohim is a consuming fire.

2 Peter 2:12

But these, like natural unreasoning beasts, having been born to be caught and destroyed, blaspheme that which they do not know, shall be destroyed in their destruction,

Judges 5:31

“So do all Your enemies perish, O יהוה! But let those who love Him be like the sun rising in its might!” And the land had rest forty years.