Psalm 37:10
New International Version
A little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.

New Living Translation
Soon the wicked will disappear. Though you look for them, they will be gone.

English Standard Version
In just a little while, the wicked will be no more; though you look carefully at his place, he will not be there.

Berean Standard Bible
Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.

King James Bible
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

New King James Version
For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; Indeed, you will look carefully for his place, But it shall be no more.

New American Standard Bible
Yet a little while and the wicked person will be no more; And you will look carefully for his place and he will not be there.

NASB 1995
Yet a little while and the wicked man will be no more; And you will look carefully for his place and he will not be there.

NASB 1977
Yet a little while and the wicked man will be no more; And you will look carefully for his place, and he will not be there.

Legacy Standard Bible
Yet a little while and the wicked man will be no more; You will look carefully at his place, and he will not be there.

Amplified Bible
For yet a little while and the wicked one will be gone [forever]; Though you look carefully where he used to be, he will not be [found].

Christian Standard Bible
A little while, and the wicked person will be no more; though you look for him, he will not be there.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A little while, and the wicked person will be no more; though you look for him, he will not be there.

American Standard Version
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
In a little time you seek the wicked and he is not, and you gaze into his place and he is not found.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And yet a little while, and the sinner shall not be, and thou shalt seek for his place, and shalt not find it.

Contemporary English Version
Sinners will soon disappear, never to be found,

Douay-Rheims Bible
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be : and thou shalt seek his place, and shalt not find it.

English Revised Version
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
In a little while a wicked person will vanish. Then you can carefully examine where he was, but there will be no trace of him.

Good News Translation
Soon the wicked will disappear; you may look for them, but you won't find them;

International Standard Version
Yet a little while longer, and the wicked will be no more. You will search for his place, but he will not be there.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And yet a little while, and the wicked is no more; Yea, thou shalt look well at his place, and he is not.

Literal Standard Version
And yet a little [while], and the wicked is not, | And you have considered his place, and it is not.

Majority Standard Bible
Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.

New American Bible
Wait a little, and the wicked will be no more; look for them and they will not be there.

NET Bible
Evil men will soon disappear; you will stare at the spot where they once were, but they will be gone.

New Revised Standard Version
Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look diligently for their place, they will not be there.

New Heart English Bible
For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't there.

Webster's Bible Translation
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yes, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

World English Bible
For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn’t there.

Young's Literal Translation
And yet a little, and the wicked is not, And thou hast considered his place, and it is not.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Do Not Envy Those who Do Wrong
9For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land. 10Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found. 11But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity.…

Cross References
Job 7:10
He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.

Job 24:24
They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.

Psalm 37:35
I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,

Psalm 37:36
yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.

Psalm 104:35
May sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah!

Ezekiel 27:36
Those who trade among the nations hiss at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.'"

Daniel 2:35
Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that had struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.


Treasury of Scripture

For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yes, you shall diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

yet

Psalm 73:18-20
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction…

Job 24:24
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

Hebrews 10:36,37
For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise…

wicked

Psalm 37:35,36
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree…

Psalm 49:10
For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Psalm 103:16
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.

thou

Psalm 52:5-7
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…

Psalm 58:10,11
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked…

Psalm 107:42,43
The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth…

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Psalm 37
1. David persuades to patience and confidence in God,
12. by the different estate of the godly and the wicked














(10) For yet a little . . .--Better,

For yet a little while, and the wicked is not;

Thou lookest at his place, and he is not;

i.e., he has dropped out of his place in society, his tribe knows him no more.

Verse 10. - For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be (compare the comment on ver. 2). Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be; or, he shall not be. He shall have been swept away; his "place shall know him no more" (Psalm 103:16).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
A little while,
וְע֣וֹד (wə·‘ō·wḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

and the wicked
רָשָׁ֑ע (rā·šā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person

will be no more;
וְאֵ֣ין (wə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

though you look
וְהִתְבּוֹנַ֖נְתָּ (wə·hiṯ·bō·w·nan·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 995: To separate mentally, understand

for them,
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

they will not be found.
וְאֵינֶֽנּוּ׃ (wə·’ê·nen·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb | third person masculine singular
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle


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