New Revised Standard Version
though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to destruction forever,

Contemporary English Version
Though the wicked sprout and spread like grass, they will be pulled up by their roots.

New American Bible
Though the wicked flourish like grass and all sinners thrive, They are destined for eternal destruction;

Douay-Rheims Bible
When the wicked shall spring up as grass: and all the workers of iniquity shall appear: That they may perish for ever and ever:

When the wicked shall spring up as grass: and all the workers of iniquity shall appear: That they may perish for ever and ever:

wicked

Psalm 37:1,2,35,38 Be not emulous of evildoers; nor envy them that work iniquity. . . .

Psalm 90:5,6 Things that are counted nothing, shall their years be. . . .

Psalm 103:15,16 Man's days are as grass, as the flower of the field so shall he flourish. . . .

Isaiah 37:27 The inhabitants of them were weak of hand, they trembled, and were confounded: they became like the grass of the field, and the herb of the pasture, and like the grass of the housetops, which withered before it was ripe.

Isaiah 40:6,7 The voice of one, saying: Cry. And I said: What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory thereof as the flower of the field. . . .

James 1:10,11 And the rich, in his being low: because as the flower of the grass shall he pass away. . . .

1 Peter 1:24 For all flesh is as grass and all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass is withered and the flower thereof is fallen away.

workers

Psalm 73:12,18-20 Behold these are sinners; and yet, abounding in the world they have obtained riches. . . .

Job 12:6 The tabernacles of robbers abound, and they provoke God boldly; whereas it is he that hath given all into their hands:

Job 21:7-12 Why then do the wicked live, are they advanced, and strengthened with riches? . . .

Jeremiah 12:1,2 Thou indeed, O Lord, art just, if I plead with thee, but yet I will speak what is just to thee: Why doth the way of the wicked prosper: why is it well with all them that transgress, and do wickedly? . . .

Malachi 3:15 Wherefore now we call the proud people happy, for they that work wickedness are built up, and they have tempted God and are preserved.

Malachi 4:1 For behold the day shall come kindled as a furnace: and all the proud, and all that do wickedly shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall set them on fire, saith the Lord of hosts, it shall not leave them root, nor branch.

it is that

Psalm 37:35,36,38 I have seen the wicked highly exalted, and lifted up like the cedars of Libanus. . . .

Psalm 73:18-20 But indeed for deceits thou hast put it to them: when they were lifted up thou hast cast them down. . . .

1 Samuel 25:36-38 And Abigail came to Nabal: and behold he had a feast in his house, like the feast of a king: and Nabal's heart was merry, for he was very drunk: and she told him nothing less or more until morning. . . .

Proverbs 1:32 But he that shall hear me, shall rest without terror, and shall enjoy abundance, without fear of evils.

Luke 16:19-25 There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and feasted sumptuously every day. . . .