Parallel Verses
Amplified
Go away from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
Holman Bible
you bloodthirsty men, stay away from me
International Standard Version
God, if only you would execute the wicked, so that the men guilty of bloodshed would get away from me,
A Conservative Version
Surely thou will kill the wicked, O God. Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.
American Standard Version
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.
Bible in Basic English
If only you would put the sinners to death, O God; go far from me, you men of blood.
Darby Translation
Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O +God! And ye men of blood, depart from me.
Julia Smith Translation
Surely thou wilt kill the unjust one, O God: and ye men of bloods, depart from me.
King James 2000
Surely you will slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, you bloody men.
Lexham Expanded Bible
If only you would kill the wicked, O God-- so get away from me, [you] {bloodthirsty men}--
Modern King James verseion
Surely You will slay the wicked, O God; and bloody men, depart from me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wilt thou not slay the wicked, O God, that the bloodthirsty might depart from me?
NET Bible
If only you would kill the wicked, O God! Get away from me, you violent men!
New Heart English Bible
If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men.
The Emphasized Bible
Wilt thou not, O GOD, slay the lawless one? Therefore, ye men of bloodshed, depart from me!
Webster
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
World English Bible
If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
Youngs Literal Translation
Dost Thou slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!
Themes
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Saints deprecate
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 139:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
The All-Knowing, Ever-Present God
18
If I could count them, they would outnumber the sand.
When I awake, I am still with You.
Go away from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.
For they speak against You wickedly,
Your enemies take Your name in vain.
Cross References
Isaiah 11:4
But with righteousness and justice He will judge the poor,
And decide with fairness for the downtrodden of the earth;
And He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth,
And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.
Psalm 5:6
You destroy those who tell lies;
The Lord detests and rejects the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
Psalm 6:8
Depart from me, all you who do evil,
For the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping.
Psalm 119:115
Leave me, you evildoers,
That I may keep the commandments of my God [honoring and obeying them].
Psalm 9:17
The wicked will turn to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),
Even all the nations who forget God.
Psalm 55:23
But You, O God, will bring down the wicked to the pit of destruction;
Men of blood and treachery will not live out half their days.
But I will [boldly and unwaveringly] trust in You.
Psalm 64:7
But God will shoot them with an [unexpected] arrow;
Suddenly they will be wounded.
Psalm 94:23
He has turned back their own wickedness upon them
And will destroy them by means of their own evil;
The Lord our God will wipe them out.
Matthew 7:23
Matthew 25:41
2 Corinthians 6:17
“So come out from among unbelievers and be separate,” says the Lord,
“And do not touch what is unclean;
And I will graciously receive you and welcome you [with favor],