Psalms 37:38

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But the transgressors shall be destroyed{H8738)} together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off{H8738)}.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּֽ֭פֹשְׁעִים נִשְׁמְד֣וּ יַחְדָּ֑ו אַחֲרִ֖ית רְשָׁעִ֣ים נִכְרָֽתָה׃

Transliteration

But pōšəʿîm nišmədû together; [the] ʾaḥărît rəšāʿîm [is] nikrātâ.

Grammar Details

*pōšəʿîm*: Qal participle, masculine plural - transgressors/rebels
*nišmədû*: Niphal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they are destroyed
*yaḥdāw*: adverb - together/all at once
*ʾaḥărît*: feminine singular construct - end/future of
*rəšāʿîm*: masculine plural adjective/noun - wicked ones
*nikrātâ*: Niphal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it is cut off

Word Meanings

*pōšəʿîm*: transgressors/rebels/law-breakers
*nišmədû*: are destroyed/are wiped out/are laid waste
*ʾaḥărît rəšāʿîm nikrātâ*: the future of the wicked is cut off/the posterity of evildoers is destroyed

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Referenced Verses

Ps 1:4-6 : 4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Ps 52:5 : 5 God shall likewise destroy{H8799)} thee for ever, he shall take thee away{H8799)}, and pluck thee out{H8799)} of thy dwelling place, and root thee out{H8765)} of the land of the living. Selah.
Prov 14:32 : 32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Matt 13:30 : 30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Matt 13:49-50 : 49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, 50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Matt 25:46 : 46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
2 Thess 1:8-9 : 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
Ps 73:17 : 17 Until I went{H8799)} into the sanctuary of God; then understood{H8799)} I their end.
Ps 9:17 : 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

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