Psalms 37:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; yes, you shall look for his place, and it shall not be.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְע֣וֹד מְ֭עַט וְאֵ֣ין רָשָׁ֑ע וְהִתְבּוֹנַ֖נְתָּ עַל־מְקוֹמ֣וֹ וְאֵינֶֽנּוּ׃

Transliteration

And yet məʿaṭ and there is no rāšāʿ; and you will hitbônanəta upon his məqômô and he is not.

Grammar Details

• *wəʿôd*: conjunction + adverb - and yet/and still
• *məʿaṭ*: masculine singular adjective/noun - little/short time
• *wəʾên*: conjunction + particle of negation - and there is no
• *rāšāʿ*: masculine singular adjective/noun - wicked person
• *wəhitbônanəta*: conjunction + Hithpolel perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - and you will consider attentively
• *məqômô*: masculine singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his place
• *wəʾênenû*: conjunction + particle of negation + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and he is not

Word Meanings

• *məʿaṭ*: a little while/soon/shortly
• *rāšāʿ*: wicked person/evil one/wrong-doer
• *hitbônanəta*: you will consider attentively/you will observe carefully/you will look diligently

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  In a little while, the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Suffre yet a litle whyle, & ye vngodly shalbe clene gone: thou shalt loke after his place, & he shal be awaye.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Therefore yet a litle while, and the wicked shall not appeare, and thou shalt looke after his place, and he shall not be found.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Looke at them yet a litle whyle, and the vngodly shalbe cleane gone: thou shalt looke after his place, and he shall not be there

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For yet a little while, and the wicked [shall] not [be]: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it [shall] not [be].

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't there.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And yet a little, and the wicked is not, And thou hast considered his place, and it is not.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't there.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Evil men will soon disappear; you will stare at the spot where they once were, but they will be gone.

Referenced Verses

• Job 24:24 : 24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are removed out of the way like all others, and cut off like the tops of the ears of grain.
• Job 7:10 : 10 He shall return no more to his house, nor shall his place know him anymore.
• Ps 52:5 : 5 God shall likewise destroy you forever, He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.
• Ps 37:35-36 : 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and indeed, he was no more; yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.
• Ps 49:10 : 10 For he sees that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
• Ps 58:10-11 : 10 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. 11 So that a man shall say, Truly there is a reward for the righteous: truly he is a God who judges in the earth.
• Ps 73:18-20 : 18 Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction. 19 How they are brought into desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. 20 As a dream when one awakes; so, O Lord, when You wake up, You shall despise their image.
• Ps 103:16 : 16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone; and its place remembers it no more.
• Ps 107:42-43 : 42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop its mouth. 43 Whoever is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
• Isa 14:16-19 : 16 They that see you will look narrowly upon you, and consider you, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that shook kingdoms; 17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed its cities; who did not open the house of his prisoners? 18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, everyone in his own house. 19 But you are cast out of your grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; like a carcass trodden under foot.
• Luke 12:20-21 : 20 But God said to him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you; then whose shall those things be, which you have provided? 21 So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
• Luke 16:27-28 : 27 Then he said, I pray you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house: 28 For I have five brothers; that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
• Heb 10:36-37 : 36 For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise. 37 For yet a little while, and he who is coming will come and will not tarry.
• 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 But the end of all things is at hand: be therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
• Rev 6:10-11 : 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth? 11 And white robes were given unto each of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest for a little while, until their fellow servants and their brethren, who should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
• Job 7:21 : 21 And why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now shall I sleep in the dust, and you shall seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
• Job 14:10 : 10 But man dies and wastes away; yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
• Job 20:8-9 : 8 He shall fly away like a dream and shall not be found; yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night. 9 The eye which saw him shall see him no more, neither shall his place behold him any longer.
• 1 Sam 25:38-39 : 38 And it came about ten days later that the LORD struck Nabal, and he died. 39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept His servant from evil; for the LORD has returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and spoke with Abigail, to take her to him as a wife.
• 2 Kgs 9:25 : 25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Pick him up, and throw him in the plot of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how, when I and you rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD uttered this oracle against him;
• 2 Kgs 9:34-37 : 34 And when he had come in, he ate and drank, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter. 35 And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands. 36 Therefore they came back and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the plot of Jezreel dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel: 37 And the body of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the plot of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
• Esth 7:10-8:1 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's anger subsided. 1 On that day, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews, to Queen Esther. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had revealed who he was to her.