Psalms 37:20

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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.

📖 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 are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
• 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 LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
• Deut 33:14-16 : 14 And for the precious fruits [brought forth] by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, 15 And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills, 16 And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and [for] the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let [the blessing] come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him [that was] separated from his brethren.
• Judg 5:31 : 31 So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: 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 likewise 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 natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
• 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 country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
• Lev 3:3-9 : 3 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; 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 flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. 5 And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which [is] upon the wood that [is] on the fire: [it is] an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. 6 ¶ And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD [be] of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish. 7 If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the LORD. 8 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar. 9 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, [and] the whole rump, it shall he take off 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 flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it 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 the LORD.
• 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 savour: all the fat [is] the LORD'S.
• Deut 29:20 : 20 The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.