Psalms 37 · Verse 38

Psalms 37:38

But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
Psalms 37:38, King James Version

Psalms 37:38 in other translations

BSBBut the transgressors will all be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.
WEBAs for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off.
ASVAs for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together: The end of the wicked shall be cut off.
YLTAnd transgressors were destroyed together, The latter end of the wicked was cut off.
DARBYbut the transgressors shall be destroyed together; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.
BBEBut as for the sinners, they will be cut off together; the end of the wrongdoers is destruction.
WebsterBut the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

What does Psalms 37:38 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
38. together--at once; entirely (Psa 4:8).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 37:34-40

Duty is ours, and we must mind it; but events are God's, we must refer the disposal of them to him. What a striking picture is in ver. #(35-36), of many a prosperous enemy of God! But God remarkably blights the projects of the prosperous wicked, especially persecutors. None are perfect in themselves, but believers are so in Christ Jesus. If all the saint's days continue dark and cloudy, his dying day may prove…

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Psalms 37:38 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּֽ֭פֹשְׁעִיםU.fo.she.'imand transgressorsH6586
נִשְׁמְד֣וּnish.me.Duthey will be destroyedH8045
יַחְדָּ֑וyach.DavaltogetherH3162
אַחֲרִ֖ית'a.cha.Rit[the] future ofH319
רְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'Imwicked [people]H7563
נִכְרָֽתָה\׃nikh.Ra.tahit will be cut offH3772

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 37:38

  • Proverbs 14:32

    The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

  • Psalms 52:5

    God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

  • Matthew 13:49-50

    So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

  • 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9

    In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

  • Psalms 1:4-6

    The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

  • Psalms 9:17

    The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

  • Matthew 25:46

    And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

  • Psalms 73:17

    Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

  • Matthew 13:30

    Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1:4-6; 9:17; 52:5; Pr 14:32; Mt 13:30,49,50; 25:46; 2Th 1:8,9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 37:37

    Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

  • Psalms 37:38

    But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • Psalms 37:39

    But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

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Psalms 37:38 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas los transgresores fueron todos á una destruídos: la postrimería de los impíos fué talada.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		mais les transgresseurs seront détruits ensemble; la fin des méchants, c’est d’être retranché;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Die Übertreter aber werden vertilgt allesamt, es wird abgeschnitten die Zukunft der Gesetzlosen.