Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Though the wicked sprout like grass; and all who practice iniquity flourish, it is they who will be eternally destroyed.
New American Standard Bible
And all
It was only that they might be
King 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:
Holman Bible
and all evildoers flourish,
they will be eternally destroyed.
A Conservative Version
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is that they shall be destroyed forever,
American Standard 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.
Amplified
That though the wicked sprout up like grass
And all evildoers flourish,
They will be destroyed forever.
Darby Translation
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is that they may be destroyed for ever.
Julia Smith Translation
In the putting forth of the unjust as grass, and all working iniquity shall flourish; to destroy them even to forever:
King James 2000
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed forever:
Lexham Expanded Bible
When the wicked flourish like grass and all [the] workers of evil blossom, [it is] so they can be destroyed forever.
Modern King James verseion
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity blossom, it is that they shall be destroyed forever;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
that the ungodly are green as grass, and that all the works of wickedness do flourish, to be destroyed forever.
NET Bible
When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.
New Heart English Bible
though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.
The Emphasized Bible
When the lawless do thrive like grass, And all the workers of iniquity have blossomed, It is that they may be destroyed for ever.
Webster
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:
World English Bible
though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.
Youngs Literal Translation
When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity -- For their being destroyed for ever and ever!
Themes
Grass » Illustrative » Of prosperity of the wicked
Punishment of the The Wicked » Future described as » Everlasting destruction
Wicked people » Compared with » Grass
Topics
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 92:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Love And Faithfulness
6 A stupid man doesn't know, and a fool can't comprehend this: 7 Though the wicked sprout like grass; and all who practice iniquity flourish, it is they who will be eternally destroyed. 8 But you are exalted forever, LORD.
Cross References
Psalm 37:38
Sinners will be destroyed together; the future of the wicked will be cut off.
Psalm 73:18-20
You have certainly set them in slippery places; you will make them fall to their ruin.
Job 12:6
The tents of robbers are at rest, and those who provoke God are secure, that is, those who carry their god in their pocket.
1 Samuel 25:36-38
Abigail returned to Nabal, and he was there in his house holding a festival like the festival of a king. Nabal's heart was glad, and he was very drunk, so she didn't tell him anything at all until morning.
Job 21:7-12
"Why do the wicked live to reach old age and increase in power and wealth, too?
Psalm 37:1-2
Don't be angry because of those who do evil, do not be jealous because of those who commit iniquity.
Psalm 37:35-36
I once observed a wicked and oppressive person, flourishing like a green tree in native soil.
Psalm 73:12
Just look at these wicked people! They're perpetually carefree as they increase their wealth.
Psalm 90:5-6
You will sweep them away while they are asleep by morning they are like growing grass.
Psalm 94:4
When they speak, they spew arrogance. Everyone who practices iniquity brags about it.
Psalm 103:15-16
A person's life is like grass it blossoms like wild flowers,
Proverbs 1:32
Indeed, the waywardness of the naive will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
Isaiah 37:27
Their inhabitants are devoid of power, and are terrified and put to shame. They've become like plants in the field, like green shoots, like grass on rooftops, scorched by the east wind.
Isaiah 40:6-7
A voice says, "Cry out!" So I asked, "What am I to cry out?" "All humanity is grass, and all its loyalty is like the flowers of the field.
Jeremiah 12:1-2
You are righteous, LORD, even when I bring a complaint to you. But I want to discuss justice with you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper, while all who are treacherous are at ease?
Malachi 3:15
and, "Now we call the arrogant one blessed. Those who do evil prosper and those who challenge God escape the consequences.'"
Malachi 4:1
"The coming day is certainly going to burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and all who practice evil will be stubble the coming day will set them on fire," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
Luke 16:19-25
"Once there was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and live in great luxury every day.
James 1:10-11
and a rich person in his having been humbled, because he will fade away like a wild flower.
1 Peter 1:24
For "All human life is like grass, and all its glory is like a flower in the grass. The grass dries up and the flower drops off,