Psalm 34:21
Modern Translations
New International Version
Evil will slay the wicked; the foes of the righteous will be condemned.

New Living Translation
Calamity will surely destroy the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be punished.

English Standard Version
Affliction will slay the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.

Berean Study Bible
Evil will slay the wicked, and the haters of the righteous will be condemned.

New American Standard Bible
Evil will bring death to the wicked, And those who hate the righteous will suffer for their guilt.

NASB 1995
Evil shall slay the wicked, And those who hate the righteous will be condemned.

NASB 1977
Evil shall slay the wicked; And those who hate the righteous will be condemned.

Amplified Bible
Evil will cause the death of the wicked, And those who hate the righteous will be held guilty and will be condemned.

Christian Standard Bible
Evil brings death to the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be punished.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Evil brings death to the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be punished.

Contemporary English Version
Wicked people are killed by their own evil deeds, and if you hate God's people you will be punished.

Good News Translation
Evil will kill the wicked; those who hate the righteous will be punished.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Evil will kill wicked people, and those who hate righteous people will be condemned.

International Standard Version
Evil will kill the wicked; those who hate the righteous will be held guilty.

NET Bible
Evil people self-destruct; those who hate the godly are punished.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

New King James Version
Evil shall slay the wicked, And those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.

King James 2000 Bible
Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

New Heart English Bible
Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.

World English Bible
Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.

American King James Version
Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

American Standard Version
Evil shall slay the wicked; And they that hate the righteous shall be condemned.

A Faithful Version
Evil shall slay the wicked; and those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.

Darby Bible Translation
Evil shall destroy the wicked; and they that hate the righteous shall bear their guilt.

English Revised Version
Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be condemned.

Webster's Bible Translation
Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
But malice shal slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous, shall perish.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Malice shal put the vngodly to death: and they that hate the righteous, shalbe brought to naught.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
But misfortune shal slaye the vngodly, and they that hate ye rightuous shal be giltie.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Evil puts the wicked to death, "" And those hating the righteous are desolate.

Young's Literal Translation
Evil doth put to death the wicked, And those hating the righteous are desolate.

Smith's Literal Translation
Evil shall slay the unjust one: and they hating the just one shall transgress.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The death of the wicked is very evil: and they that hate the just shall be guilty.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The death of a sinner is very harmful, and those who hate the just will fare badly.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Evil kills the wicked and those who hate the righteous will come to an end.

Lamsa Bible
Evil shall slay the wicked, and they that hate the righteous shall be destroyed.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Evil shall kill the wicked; And they that hate the righteous shall be held guilty.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The death of sinners is evil: and they that hate righteousness will go wrong.
















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