Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version but the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to blot out their name from the earth. New Living Translation But the LORD turns his face against those who do evil; he will erase their memory from the earth. English Standard Version The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth. Berean Standard Bible But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth. King James Bible The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. New King James Version The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. New American Standard Bible The face of the LORD is against evildoers, To eliminate the memory of them from the earth. NASB 1995 The face of the LORD is against evildoers, To cut off the memory of them from the earth. NASB 1977 The face of the LORD is against evildoers, To cut off the memory of them from the earth. Legacy Standard Bible The face of Yahweh is against evildoers, To cut off the memory of them from the earth. Amplified Bible The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, To cut off the memory of them from the earth. Christian Standard Bible The face of the LORD is set against those who do what is evil, to remove all memory of them from the earth. Holman Christian Standard Bible The face of the LORD is set against those who do what is evil, to erase all memory of them from the earth. American Standard Version The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. Contemporary English Version But God despises evil people, and he will wipe them all from the earth, till they are forgotten. English Revised Version The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. GOD'S WORD® Translation The LORD confronts those who do evil in order to wipe out all memory of them from the earth. Good News Translation but he opposes those who do evil, so that when they die, they are soon forgotten. International Standard Version The face of the LORD is set against those who do evil, and he will remove people's recollection of them from the earth. Majority Standard Bible But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth. NET Bible But the LORD opposes evildoers and wipes out all memory of them from the earth. New Heart English Bible The LORD's face is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth. Webster's Bible Translation The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. World English Bible Yahweh’s face is against those who do evil, to cut off their memory from the earth. Literal Translations Literal Standard Version(The face of YHWH [is] on doers of evil, "" To cut off their memorial from earth.) Young's Literal Translation (The face of Jehovah is on doers of evil, To cut off from earth their memorial.) Smith's Literal Translation The face of Jehovah against those doing evil, to cut off their remembrance from the earth. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBut the countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil things: to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible The LORD’s face is against evildoers to wipe out their memory from the earth. New Revised Standard Version The face of the LORD is against evildoers, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated The face of LORD JEHOVAH is against the evil, to blot out their remembrance from the Earth. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. Brenton Septuagint Translation but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to destroy their memorial from the earth. The righteous cried, and the Lord hearkened to them, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Taste and See that the LORD is Good…15The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry. 16But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth. 17The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.… Cross References 1 Peter 3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.” Proverbs 15:29 The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous. Isaiah 1:15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood. John 9:31 We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will. Jeremiah 44:11 Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will set My face to bring disaster and to cut off all Judah. Leviticus 20:3 And I will set My face against that man and cut him off from his people, because by giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled My sanctuary and profaned My holy name. Amos 9:4 Though they are driven by their enemies into captivity, there I will command the sword to slay them. I will fix My eyes upon them for harm and not for good.” Job 27:8-9 For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? / Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him? Isaiah 59:2 But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear. Ezekiel 14:8 I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among My people. Then you will know that I am the LORD. 2 Thessalonians 1:9 They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might, Matthew 7:23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’ Hosea 9:12 Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them! 2 Kings 17:20 So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence. Deuteronomy 31:17 On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’ Treasury of Scripture The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. face Leviticus 17:10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. Leviticus 26:17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. Jeremiah 44:11 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah. to cut Psalm 10:16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. Job 18:17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. Proverbs 10:7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. Jump to Previous Cut Doers Earth Evil Evildoers Face Memorial Memory RemembranceJump to Next Cut Doers Earth Evil Evildoers Face Memorial Memory RemembrancePsalm 34 1. David praises God, and exhorts others thereto by his experience8. They are blessed who trust in God 11. He exhorts to the fear of God 15. The privileges of the righteous But the face of the LORD The phrase "the face of the LORD" is a powerful anthropomorphism, attributing human characteristics to God to convey His active presence and attention. In Hebrew, the word for "face" is "פָּנִים" (panim), which often signifies presence or favor. In the ancient Near Eastern context, the face of a deity was associated with divine favor or disfavor. Here, it implies God's direct involvement and awareness, emphasizing His omniscience and omnipresence. The face of the LORD is not just a passive observation but an active engagement with His creation, reflecting His holiness and justice. is against those who do evil to erase all memory of them from the earth This verse, according to the sense, should certainly change places with Psalm 34:15. This would disarrange the acrostic, bringing pe before ayin; but, as in Lamentations 2, 3, 4 the same sequence of letters occurs, we are led to the conclusion that the order of the alphabet was not definitely or invariably fixed in respect of these two letters, a license intelligible enough when we remember that tsadde, which follows pe, was often interchanged with ayin, which precedes it. Verse 16. - The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. Conversely, God turns away his face from the wicked, and punishes them by causing their very memory to perish from among men (comp. Job 18:17; Psalm 109:13; Proverbs 10:7). The natural wish for continuance, which causes men to build themselves monuments, and erect other great works, and delight in offspring, and seek to establish their families, and create entails, and have their portraits taken, and "call the lands after their own names" (Psalm 49:11), was especially strong in the Hebrew race, and made the threat that their remembrance should be cut off peculiarly terrible to them.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew [But] the faceפְּנֵ֣י (pə·nê) Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face of the LORD יְ֭הוָה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel is against בְּעֹ֣שֵׂי (bə·‘ō·śê) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's 6213: To do, make those who do evil, רָ֑ע (rā‘) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil to sever לְהַכְרִ֖ית (lə·haḵ·rîṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant their memory זִכְרָֽם׃ (ziḵ·rām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 2143: A memento, recollection, commemoration from the earth. מֵאֶ֣רֶץ (mê·’e·reṣ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land Links Psalm 34:16 NIVPsalm 34:16 NLT Psalm 34:16 ESV Psalm 34:16 NASB Psalm 34:16 KJV Psalm 34:16 BibleApps.com Psalm 34:16 Biblia Paralela Psalm 34:16 Chinese Bible Psalm 34:16 French Bible Psalm 34:16 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 34:16 Yahweh's face is against those who do (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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