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Psalm 37:20

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20But the wicked shall perish,

And the enemies of the Lord shall be as †the fat of lambs:

They shall consume; finto smoke shall they consume away.

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Footnotes

  1. †Heb. the preciousness of lambs. But comp. Heb. of Ps. 65:13. Isai. 30:23?
  2. fPs. 102:3. See Ps. 68:2.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But the wicked will perish;

the enemies of the Lord are like the glory of the pastures;

they vanish—like smoke they vanish away.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But the wicked will perish:

Though the Lord’s enemies are like the flowers of the field,

they will be consumed, they will go up in smoke.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But the wicked will perish;

the Lord’s enemies, like the glory of the pastures,

will fade away—

they will fade away like smoke.

NLTNew Living Translation

But the wicked will die.

The Lord’s enemies are like flowers in a field—

they will disappear like smoke.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But the wicked will perish,

and the enemies of Yahweh will be like the splendor of the pastures.

They vanish; in smoke they vanish.