Parallel Verses

Amplified


The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
To cut off the memory of them from the earth.

New American Standard Bible

The face of the Lord is against evildoers,
To cut off the memory of them from the earth.

King James Version

The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

Holman Bible

The face of the Lord is set
against those who do what is evil,
to erase all memory of them from the earth.

International Standard Version

The face of the LORD is set against those who do evil, and he will remove people's recollection of them from the earth.

A Conservative Version

(The face of LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.)

American Standard Version

The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

Bible in Basic English

The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to take away the memory of them from the earth.

Darby Translation

The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, to cutoff the remembrance of them from the earth:

Julia Smith Translation

The face of Jehovah against those doing evil, to cut off their remembrance from the earth.

King James 2000

The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The face of Yahweh [is] against evildoers, to cut off the remembrance of them from [the] earth.

Modern King James verseion

The face of Jehovah is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But the face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to root out the remembrance of them from the earth.

NET Bible

But the Lord opposes evildoers and wipes out all memory of them from the earth.

New Heart English Bible

The LORD's face is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

The Emphasized Bible

the face of Yahweh, is against such as do wickedness, To cut off, from the earth, their memory.

Webster

The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

World English Bible

Yahweh's face is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

Youngs Literal Translation

(The face of Jehovah is on doers of evil, To cut off from earth their memorial.)

References

Hastings

Context Readings

The Lord Delivers The Righteous

15
The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous [those with moral courage and spiritual integrity]
And His ears are open to their cry.
16 
The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
To cut off the memory of them from the earth.
17
When the righteous cry [for help], the Lord hears
And rescues them from all their distress and troubles.


Cross References

Jeremiah 44:11

“Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, I am going to set My face against you for woe—even to cut off (destroy) all Judah [from the land].

Leviticus 17:10

‘Any man from the house of Israel, or any stranger living temporarily among you, who eats any blood, against that person I shall set My face and I will cut him off from his people [excluding him from the atonement made for them].

Proverbs 10:7


The memory of the righteous [person] is a [source of] blessing,
But the name of the wicked will [be forgotten and] rot [like a corpse].

Amos 9:4


“And though they go into captivity before their enemies,
From there I shall command the sword to kill them,
And I will set My eyes against them for evil (judgment, punishment) and not for good [that is, not for correction leading to restoration].”

Job 18:17


“Memory of him perishes from the earth,
And he has no name on the street.

Leviticus 26:17

I will set My face against you so that you will be struck down before your enemies; those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one is pursuing you.

Psalm 10:16


The Lord is King forever and ever;
The nations will perish from His land.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

So then, I have seen the wicked buried, those who used to go in and out of the holy place [but did not thereby escape their doom], and they are [praised in spite of their evil and] soon forgotten in the city where they did such things. This too is futility (vanity, emptiness).

Jeremiah 17:13


O Lord, the hope of Israel,
All who abandon You will be shamed.
Those who turn away on earth will be written down,
Because they have abandoned the Lord, the fountain of living waters.

Ezekiel 14:7-8

For anyone of the house of Israel or among the strangers who immigrate to Israel who separates himself from Me, taking his idols into his heart, and puts right before his face the [vile] stumbling block of his wickedness and guilt, and [then] comes to the prophet to ask of Me for himself, I the Lord will answer him Myself.

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