Psalms 37:20

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י רְשָׁעִ֨ים ׀ יֹאבֵ֗דוּ וְאֹיְבֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה כִּיקַ֣ר כָּרִ֑ים כָּל֖וּ בֶעָשָׁ֣ן כָּֽלוּ׃

Transliteration

For rəšāʿîm will yōʾbēdû, and ʾōyəbê YHWH [are] like yəqar kārîm; they kālû in ʿāšān, they kālû.

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *rəšāʿîm*: masculine plural adjective/noun - wicked ones
• *yōʾbēdû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will perish
• *ʾōyəbê*: Qal participle, masculine plural construct - enemies of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh
• *kîqar*: preposition + masculine singular construct - like the precious part of
• *kārîm*: masculine plural noun - pastures/meadows/fat lambs
• *kālû*: Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they are consumed/vanish
• *beʿāšān*: preposition + masculine singular noun - in smoke

Word Meanings

• *yōʾbēdû*: will perish/will be destroyed/will vanish
• *ʾōyəbê*: enemies of/adversaries of
• *kîqar kārîm*: like the precious part of pastures/like the glory of meadows/like fat of lambs
• *kālû*: are consumed/vanish/come to an end
• *beʿāšān*: in smoke/as smoke

Referenced Verses

• Ps 102:3 : 3 For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand.
• Ps 68:2 : 2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: As wax melteth before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
• Ps 92:9 : 9 For, lo, thine enemies, O Jehovah, For, lo, thine enemies shall perish; All the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
• Deut 33:14-16 : 14 And for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, And for the precious things of the growth of the moons, 15 And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, And for the precious things of the everlasting hills, 16 And for the precious things of the earth and the fulness thereof, And the good will of him that dwelt in the bush. Let [the blessing] come upon the head of Joseph, And upon the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
• Judg 5:31 : 31 So let all thine enemies perish, O Jehovah: But let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
• Luke 13:3 : 3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish.
• Luke 13:5 : 5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
• Heb 12:29 : 29 for our God is a consuming fire.
• 2 Pet 2:12 : 12 But these, as creatures without reason, born mere animals to be taken and destroyed, railing in matters whereof they are ignorant, shall in their destroying surely be destroyed,
• Gen 19:28 : 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.
• Lev 3:3-9 : 3 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of peace-offerings an offering made by fire unto Jehovah; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 4 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, with the kidneys, shall he take away. 5 And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt-offering, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah. 6 And if his oblation for a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto Jehovah be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish. 7 If he offer a lamb for his oblation, then shall he offer it before Jehovah; 8 and he shall lay his hand upon the head of his oblation, and kill it before the tent of meeting: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about. 9 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of peace-offerings an offering made by fire unto Jehovah; the fat thereof, the fat tail entire, he shall take away hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 10 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, with the kidneys, shall he take away. 11 And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto Jehovah.
• Lev 3:16 : 16 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire, for a sweet savor; all the fat is Jehovah's.
• Deut 29:20 : 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.