Psalms 37:28

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His faithful ones. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    For the LORD loves justice, and does not forsake his saints; they are preserved forever, but the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For Jehovah{H3068} loveth{H157} justice,{H4941} And forsaketh{H5800} not his saints;{H2623} They are preserved{H8104} for ever:{H5769} But the seed{H2233} of the wicked{H7563} shall be cut off.{H3772}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For the LORD{H3068} loveth{H157}{(H8802)} judgment{H4941}, and forsaketh{H5800}{H8799)} not his saints{H2623}; they are preserved{H8104}{H8738)} for ever{H5769}: but the seed{H2233} of the wicked{H7563} shall be cut off{H3772}{H8738)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For ye LORDE loueth ye thinge yt is right, he forsaketh not his sayntes, but they shal be preserued for euermore:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For the Lord loueth iudgement, and forsaketh not his Saintes: they shall be preserued for euermore: but the seede of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For God loueth iudgement, he forsaketh not his saintes: they are preserued for euermore, but the seede of the vngodlye shalbe rooted vp.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For Yahweh loves justice, And doesn't forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, But the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    For Jehovah is loving judgment, And He doth not forsake His saintly ones, To the age they have been kept, And the seed of the wicked is cut off.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For Jehovah loveth justice, And forsaketh not his saints; They are preserved for ever: But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For Jehovah loveth justice, And forsaketh not his saints; They are preserved for ever: But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For the Lord is a lover of righteousness, and takes care of his saints; they will be kept safe for ever; but the seed of the evil-doers will be cut off.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For Yahweh loves justice, and doesn't forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    For the LORD promotes justice, and never abandons his faithful followers. They are permanently secure, but the children of evil men are wiped out.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 21:10 : 10 You will make them like a fiery furnace in the time of Your presence; the LORD will swallow them in His anger, and fire will consume them.
  • Prov 2:22 : 22 But the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be uprooted from it.
  • Ps 11:7 : 7 For the LORD is righteous, he loves justice; the upright will see his face.
  • Isa 59:21 : 21 As for Me, this is My covenant with them, says the LORD. My Spirit, who is upon you, and My words, that I have put in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouths of your children or your children's children, from now on and forever, says the LORD.
  • Isa 61:8 : 8 For I, the Lord, love justice; I hate robbery and wrongdoing. In truth, I will faithfully reward them and make an everlasting covenant with them.
  • Jer 9:24 : 24 The days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh.
  • Jer 32:40-41 : 40 I will make with them an everlasting covenant; I will never turn away from doing good to them. I will put the fear of Me in their hearts so that they will not turn away from Me. 41 I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will plant them in this land with all My heart and soul.
  • John 5:24 : 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.
  • John 6:39-40 : 39 'And this is the will of him who sent me: that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up on the last day.' 40 For this is the will of my Father: that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day.
  • John 10:28-30 : 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one.
  • John 15:9 : 9 As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. Now remain in my love.
  • 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 who are being guarded by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their going out showed that none of them belonged to us.
  • Jude 1:1 : 1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, to those who are called, loved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ.
  • Isa 14:20-21 : 20 You will not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land and slain your people. The offspring of evildoers will never be remembered. 21 Prepare a place of slaughter for his sons because of the iniquity of their fathers. Let them not rise to possess the land or fill the face of the earth with cities.
  • Isa 30:18 : 18 Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!
  • Exod 20:5 : 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
  • Job 18:19 : 19 He has no offspring or posterity among his people, nor any survivor where he once lived.
  • Job 27:14 : 14 If his children multiply, it is for the sword, and his offspring will not have enough bread.
  • Ps 37:25 : 25 I was young, and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging for bread.
  • Ps 37:40 : 40 The LORD helps and delivers them; He delivers them from the wicked and saves them because they take refuge in Him.
  • Ps 45:6-7 : 6 Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; the nations fall beneath your feet. 7 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; the scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of righteousness.
  • Ps 92:13-15 : 13 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree; they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon. 14 Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. 15 They will still bear fruit in old age; they will stay fresh and green.
  • Ps 99:4 : 4 The Mighty King loves justice; You have established equity; You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    29 The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.

  • Ps 37:27
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    27 Turn away from evil and do good, so that you will dwell forever.

  • Ps 97:10-11
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    10 O you who love the Lord, hate evil! He preserves the lives of His faithful ones; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

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  • Ps 37:17-18
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    17 For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD supports the righteous.

    18 The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.

  • Prov 10:30
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    30 The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

  • Ps 94:14-15
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    14 For the LORD will not reject His people; He will never forsake His inheritance.

    15 For judgment will again be founded on righteousness, and all the upright in heart will follow it.

  • Lam 3:31
    76%

    31 For the Lord will not reject forever.

  • Ps 37:32-34
    3 verses
    76%

    32 The wicked person lies in wait for the righteous and seeks to kill him.

    33 The LORD will not leave him in the hands of the wicked or condemn him when he is judged.

    34 Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are destroyed, you will see it.

  • Ps 31:23
    75%

    23 In my alarm, I said, "I am cut off from your sight." Yet you heard the voice of my pleas when I cried out to you for help.

  • Ps 37:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9 For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for the LORD will inherit the land.

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  • Ps 37:38-40
    3 verses
    75%

    38 But the transgressors will all be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.

    39 The salvation of the righteous comes from the LORD; He is their stronghold in times of trouble.

    40 The LORD helps and delivers them; He delivers them from the wicked and saves them because they take refuge in Him.

  • Prov 2:8
    74%

    8 guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of His faithful ones.

  • Ps 37:22
    74%

    22 For those blessed by the LORD will inherit the land, but those cursed by Him will be cut off.

  • Ps 9:7
    73%

    7 The enemy has vanished in everlasting ruins; their cities you have uprooted, their memory has perished.

  • Ps 145:20
    73%

    20 The LORD watches over all who love him, but he will destroy all the wicked.

  • Ps 33:5
    73%

    5 He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the Lord’s faithful love.

  • Prov 2:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21 For the upright will inhabit the land, and those with integrity will remain in it.

    22 But the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be uprooted from it.

  • Job 36:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6 He does not keep the wicked alive but gives justice to the afflicted.

    7 He does not remove His eyes from the righteous; He sets them on thrones with kings and exalts them forever.

  • Ps 89:30
    73%

    30 I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens.

  • Ps 129:4
    72%

    4 The LORD is righteous; He has cut the cords of the wicked.

  • Ps 11:7
    72%

    7 For the LORD is righteous, he loves justice; the upright will see his face.

  • Ps 12:7
    72%

    7 The words of the LORD are pure, like silver refined in a crucible on the ground, purified seven times.

  • 1 Sam 2:9
    72%

    9 'He guards the feet of His faithful ones, but the wicked are silenced in darkness. For it is not by strength that one prevails.'

  • Ps 1:5-6
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    5 Therefore, the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

    6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

  • Ps 34:16
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    16 The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry.

  • Ps 125:3
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    3 For the scepter of the wicked will not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to do wrong.

  • Prov 15:9
    71%

    9 The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.

  • Ps 9:18
    71%

    18 The wicked will return to the grave, and so will all the nations that forget God.

  • Ps 112:6
    71%

    6 Surely he will never be shaken; the righteous will be remembered forever.

  • Prov 29:14
    71%

    14 A king who judges the poor with truth will have his throne established forever.

  • Ps 37:25
    71%

    25 I was young, and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging for bread.

  • Ps 138:8
    71%

    8 The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, Lord, endures forever. Do not abandon the works of your hands.

  • Ps 92:7
    71%

    7 A senseless person does not know, and a fool does not understand this:

  • Prov 10:3
    70%

    3 The LORD will not let the righteous go hungry, but He thrusts aside the craving of the wicked.

  • Ps 19:9
    70%

    9 The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandment of the LORD is clear, giving light to the eyes.

  • Ps 89:33
    70%

    33 then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes.

  • Isa 61:8
    70%

    8 For I, the Lord, love justice; I hate robbery and wrongdoing. In truth, I will faithfully reward them and make an everlasting covenant with them.

  • Ps 146:9
    70%

    9 The LORD protects the sojourners; he sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the way of the wicked.

  • Ps 103:17
    70%

    17 But from everlasting to everlasting, the Lord's steadfast love is with those who fear Him, and His righteousness is with their children's children.