Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Calm your anger and abandon wrath. Don't be angry it only leads to evil.
New American Standard Bible
Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.
King James Version
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
Holman Bible
do not be agitated—it can only bring harm.
A Conservative Version
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Fret not thyself, [it tends] only to evil-doing.
American Standard Version
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing.
Amplified
Cease from anger and abandon wrath;
Do not fret; it leads only to evil.
Bible in Basic English
Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.
Darby Translation
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; fret not thyself: it would be only to do evil.
Julia Smith Translation
Desist from anger and forsake wrath: thou shalt not be angry only to do evil
King James 2000
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not yourself in any way to do evil.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Refrain from anger and forsake wrath. Do not fret; [it] only brings evil.
Modern King James verseion
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; do not fret yourself to do evil.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Leave off from wrath, and let go displeasure; let not thy jealousy move thee also to do evil.
NET Bible
Do not be angry and frustrated! Do not fret! That only leads to trouble!
New Heart English Bible
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Do not fret, it leads only to evildoing.
The Emphasized Bible
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath, Burn not with vexation - it would be only to do evil;
Webster
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
World English Bible
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don't fret, it leads only to evildoing.
Youngs Literal Translation
Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil.
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 37:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Instruction In Wisdom
7 Be silent in the LORD's presence and wait patiently for him. Don't be angry because of the one whose way prospers or the one who implements evil schemes. 8 Calm your anger and abandon wrath. Don't be angry it only leads to evil. 9 Those who do evil will perish. But those who wait on the LORD will inherit the land.
Cross References
Ephesians 4:31
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, quarreling, and slander be put away from you, along with all hatred.
Proverbs 14:29
Being slow to get angry compares to great understanding as being quick-tempered compares to stupidity.
Proverbs 16:32
Whoever controls his temper is better than a warrior, and anyone who has control of his spirit is better than someone who captures a city.
Ephesians 4:26
"Be angry, yet do not sin." Do not let the sun set while you are still angry,
Job 5:2
For wrath will slay a fool; zealous anger will kill the naive.
Colossians 3:8
But now you must also get rid of anger, wrath, malice, slander, obscene speech, and all such sins.
James 1:19-20
You must understand this, my dear brothers. Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.
1 Samuel 25:21-23
Now David had said, "Surely it was for nothing that I protected everything that belonged to this man in the wilderness, and nothing was missing of all that belonged to him. But he has repaid me with evil for good!
Job 18:4
You're tearing yourself to pieces in your anger. Will the land be abandoned because of you, or the rock be moved from its place?"
Psalm 31:22
When I said in my panic, "I have been cut off in your sight," then you surely heard the voice of my prayer in my plea to you for help.
Psalm 73:15
If I say, "I will talk like this," I would betray a generation of your children.
Psalm 116:11
and speak hastily, "All people are liars!"
Jeremiah 20:14-15
Let the day on which I was born be cursed. Don't let the day on which my mother gave birth to me be blessed.
Jonah 4:1
Greatly displeased, Jonah flew into a rage.
Jonah 4:9
Then God asked Jonah, "Is your anger about the vine plant justified?" And he answered, "Absolutely! I'm so angry I could die!"
Luke 9:54-55
When his disciples James and John observed this rejection, they asked, "Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?"
James 3:14-18
But if you have bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, stop boasting and slandering the truth.