Psalm 37:20 “But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of t…”

Psalm 37:20

But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

But the wicked shall perish. The enemies of the LORD shall be like the beauty of the fields. They will vanish— vanish like smoke.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be consumed as the fatte of lambes: euen with the smoke shall they consume away.

Darby Translation

For the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of Jehovah shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume, like smoke shall they consume away.

Young's Literal Translation

But the wicked perish, and the enemies of Jehovah, As the preciousness of lambs, Have been consumed, In smoke they have been consumed.

Bible in Basic English

But the wrongdoers will come to destruction, and the haters of the Lord will be like the fat of lambs, they will be burned up; they will go up in smoke, and never again be seen.

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Cross references

“But the”

Psalm 68:2 Luke 13:3 Judges 5:31 Psalm 92:9 2 Peter 2:12 Luke 13:5

Psalm 68:2 · BSB

As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.

Luke 13:3 · BSB

No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.

Judges 5:31 · BSB

So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.

Psalm 92:9 · BSB

For surely Your enemies, O LORD, surely Your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.

2 Peter 2:12 · BSB

These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.

Luke 13:5 · BSB

No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”

“as the fat of lambs”

Deuteronomy 33:14–16

Deuteronomy 33:14–16 · BSB

with the bountiful harvest from the sun and the abundant yield of the seasons,

“smoke”

Psalm 102:3 Genesis 19:28 Leviticus 3:3–11 Leviticus 3:16 Hebrews 12:29 Deuteronomy 29:20

Psalm 102:3 · BSB

For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.

Genesis 19:28 · BSB

He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.

Leviticus 3:3–11 · BSB

From the peace offering he is to bring a food offering to the LORD: the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,

Leviticus 3:16 · BSB

Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s.

Hebrews 12:29 · BSB

“For our God is a consuming fire.”

Deuteronomy 29:20 · BSB

The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19In the time of evil they will not be ashamed, and in the days of famine they will be satisfied.

21The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.

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