Psalm 37:8
Modern Translations
New International Version
Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret--it leads only to evil.

New Living Translation
Stop being angry! Turn from your rage! Do not lose your temper— it only leads to harm.

English Standard Version
Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.

Berean Study Bible
Refrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it can only bring harm.

New American Standard Bible
Cease from anger and abandon wrath; Do not get upset; it leads only to evildoing.

NASB 1995
Cease from anger and forsake wrath; Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.

NASB 1977
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; Do not fret, it leads only to evildoing.

Amplified Bible
Cease from anger and abandon wrath; Do not fret; it leads only to evil.

Christian Standard Bible
Refrain from anger and give up your rage; do not be agitated—it can only bring harm.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Refrain from anger and give up your rage; do not be agitated--it can only bring harm.

Contemporary English Version
Don't be angry or furious. Anger can lead to sin.

Good News Translation
Don't give in to worry or anger; it only leads to trouble.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Let go of anger, and leave rage behind. Do not be preoccupied. It only leads to evil.

International Standard Version
Calm your anger and abandon wrath. Don't be angry— it only leads to evil.

NET Bible
Do not be angry and frustrated! Do not fret! That only leads to trouble!
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

New King James Version
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; Do not fret—it only causes harm.

King James 2000 Bible
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not yourself in any way to do evil.

New Heart English Bible
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Do not fret, it leads only to evildoing.

World English Bible
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don't fret, it leads only to evildoing.

American King James Version
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not yourself in any wise to do evil.

American Standard Version
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing.

A Faithful Version
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; do not fret yourself, it leads only to evil,

Darby Bible Translation
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; fret not thyself: it [would be] only to do evil.

English Revised Version
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing.

Webster's Bible Translation
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Cease from anger, and leaue off wrath: fret not thy selfe also to doe euill.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Leaue of from wrath, and let go displeasure: fret not thy selfe, lest thou be moued to do euill.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Leaue of from wrath, let go displeasure, let not thy gelousy moue the also to do euell.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Desist from anger, and forsake fury, "" Do not fret yourself to only do evil.

Young's Literal Translation
Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil.

Smith's Literal Translation
Desist from anger and forsake wrath: thou shalt not be angry only to do evil.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Cease from anger, and leave rage; have no emulation to do evil.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Cease from wrath and leave behind rage. Do not choose to imitate the malicious.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Rest from anger and rest from passion and do not envy the evildoer.

Lamsa Bible
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; fret not yourself in any wise to do evil.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself so as to do evil.
















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