Psalms 101:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לַבְּקָרִ֗ים אַצְמִ֥ית כָּל־רִשְׁעֵי־אָ֑רֶץ לְהַכְרִ֥ית מֵֽעִיר־יְ֝הוָ֗ה כָּל־פֹּ֥עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃

Transliteration

At the bĕqārîm I will ʾaṣmît all-rishʿê-ʾāreṣ, to hakhrit from ʿîr-YHWH all-pōʿălê ʾāwen.

Grammar Details

• *bĕqārîm*: masculine plural noun with prefix lā- (to/at) - mornings
• *ʾaṣmît*: Hiphil imperfect 1st person singular - I will destroy/cut off/silence
• *rishʿê*: masculine plural construct - wicked ones of
• *ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun - land/earth
• *hakhrit*: Hiphil infinitive construct with preposition lĕ- (to/for) - to cut off/destroy
• *ʿîr*: feminine singular construct - city of
• *YHWH*: divine name, tetragrammaton
• *pōʿălê*: masculine plural construct - workers/doers of
• *ʾāwen*: masculine singular noun - iniquity/wickedness/trouble

Word Meanings

• *bĕqārîm*: mornings/every morning/at dawn
• *ʾaṣmît*: I will destroy/I will cut off/I will silence/I will put an end to
• *rishʿê*: wicked ones/evildoers/guilty ones
• *ʾāreṣ*: land/earth/country/ground
• *hakhrit*: to cut off/to destroy/to eliminate/to root out
• *ʿîr*: city/town/settlement
• *pōʿălê*: workers of/doers of/practitioners of
• *ʾāwen*: iniquity/wickedness/trouble/idolatry

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Each morning, I will silence all the wicked of the land, cutting off every evildoer from the city of the Lord.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Morning{H1242} by morning will I destroy{H6789} all the wicked{H7563} of the land;{H776} To cut off{H3772} all the workers{H6466} of iniquity{H205} from the city{H5892} of Jehovah.{H3068}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  I will early{H1242} destroy{H6789}{(H8686)} all the wicked{H7563} of the land{H776}; that I may cut off{H3772}{(H8687)} all wicked{H205} doers{H6466}{(H8802)} from the city{H5892} of the LORD{H3068}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I shal soone destroye all the vngodly of the londe, that all wicked doers maye be roted out of the cite of the LORDE.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Betimes will I destroy all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off all the workers of iniquitie from the Citie of the Lord.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I wyll euery mornyng destroy all the vngodly in the lande: that I may roote out from the citie of God all workers of wickednesse.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land; To cut off all the workers of iniquity from Yahweh's city.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  At morning I cut off all the wicked of the land, To cut off from the city of Jehovah All the workers of iniquity!

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Morning by morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land; To cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of Jehovah. Psalm 102 A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before Jehovah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Morning by morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land; To cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of Jehovah.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Morning by morning will I put to death all the sinners in the land, so that all evil-doers may be cut off from Jerusalem.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all the workers of iniquity from Yahweh's city. A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before Yahweh.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Each morning I will destroy all the wicked people in the land, and remove all evildoers from the city of the LORD.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 75:10 : 10 All the horns of the wicked I will also cut off, but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
• Jer 21:12 : 12 O house of David, thus says the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him who is plundered out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury goes out like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your deeds.
• Ps 48:8 : 8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it forever. Selah.
• Ps 48:2 : 2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
• Ps 46:4 : 4 There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.
• Hos 9:3 : 3 They shall not dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
• Mic 2:8-9 : 8 Even of late my people has risen up as an enemy: you pull off the robe with the garment from those who pass by securely as men averse from war. 9 The women of my people you have cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children you have taken away my glory forever. 10 Arise and depart, for this is not your rest; because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a severe destruction.
• Mic 3:1-4 : 1 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O leaders of Jacob, and you rulers of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know justice? 2 Who hate good and love evil; who strip their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; 3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, like meat for the pot, and like flesh within the cauldron. 4 Then they shall cry to the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, because they have done evil in their deeds.
• Mic 3:9 : 9 Hear this, I pray you, you leaders of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
• Rev 21:27 : 27 And nothing unclean shall ever enter into it, nor anyone who practices abomination or a lie: but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.
• Rev 22:14-15 : 14 Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. 15 For outside are dogs, and sorcerers, and sexually immoral, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loves and makes a lie.
• Ps 118:10-12 : 10 All nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. 11 They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me; but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. 12 They surrounded me like bees; they are quenched like the fire of thorns, for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
• Prov 16:12 : 12 It is an abomination for kings to commit wickedness, for the throne is established by righteousness.
• Prov 20:8 : 8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
• Prov 20:26 : 26 A wise king scatters the wicked and brings the wheel over them.