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Psalm 92:7

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92:7When the wicked sprout up like grass,

and all the evildoers glisten,7

it is so that they may be annihilated.8

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Footnotes

  1. 7 Or “flourish.”
  2. 8 Heb “in order that they might be destroyed permanently.” God allows the wicked to prosper temporarily so that he might reveal his justice. When the wicked are annihilated, God demonstrates that wickedness does not pay off.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

that though the wicked sprout like grass

and all evildoers flourish,

they are doomed to destruction forever;

NIVNew International Version (2011)

that though the wicked spring up like grass

and all evildoers flourish,

they will be destroyed forever.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

though the wicked sprout like grass

and all evildoers flourish,

they will be eternally destroyed.

NLTNew Living Translation

Though the wicked sprout like weeds

and evildoers flourish,

they will be destroyed forever.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

When the wicked flourish like grass

and all the workers of evil blossom,

it is so they can be destroyed forever.

KJV 1900King James Version

When the wicked spring as the grass,

And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish;

It is that they shall be destroyed for ever: