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Psalms 34:16
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But the Lord turns his face against those who do evil; he will erase their memory from the earth.
The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
The face of Yahweh is against those that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
But the Lord is against those who do evil; he makes the world forget them.
But the Lord opposes evildoers and wipes out all memory of them from the earth.
The face of the LORD [is] against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
The face of Yahweh is against those who do evil, To cut off the memory of them from the earth.
The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
But the cheer of the Lord is on men doynge yuels; that he leese the mynde of hem fro erthe.
But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to sever their memory from the earth.
But God despises evil people, and he will wipe them all from the earth, till they are forgotten.
The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to take away the memory of them from the earth.
The eyes of Adonai watch over the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry.
The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth:
But the Lord is against those who do evil, so they are forgotten soon after they die.
The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous, and His ears are open unto their cry.
The face of the Lord is against them that doe euill; to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
The face of the Lord is against those who sin. He will keep the people of the earth from remembering them.
The face of the Lord is against evildoers, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
But the face of the Lord is against them that doe euill, to cut off their remembrance from the earth.
The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
but he opposes those who do evil, so that when they die, they are soon forgotten.
the face of Yahweh, is against such as do wickedness, To cut off, from the earth, their memory.
(33-17) But the countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil things: to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
The face of the LORD is against evildoers, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
The countenaunce of God is against them that do euill: to roote out the remembraunce of them from of the earth.
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,
The face of the Lord is setagainst those who do what is evil,to remove all memory of them from the earth.
The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, To cut off the memory of them from the eretz.
The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
The face of Yahweh is against evildoers, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
The face of Jehovah is against those who do evil, to cut off their memory from the earth.
(The face of Jehovah [is] on doers of evil, To cut off from earth their memorial.)
But the face of the LORDE beholdeth them that do euel, to destroye the remembraunce of them out of the earth.
God won't put up with rebels; he'll cull them from the pack.
The face of the LORD is against evildoers, To eliminate the memory of them from the earth.
The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
The face of the Lord is against evildoers, To cut off the memory of them from the earth.
The face of Yahweh is against evildoers,To cut off the memory of them from the earth.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
face: Leviticus 17:10, Leviticus 26:17, Jeremiah 44:11, Ezekiel 14:7, Ezekiel 14:8, Amos 9:4
to cut: Psalms 10:16, Job 18:17, Proverbs 10:7, Ecclesiastes 8:10, Jeremiah 17:13
Reciprocal: Ruth 4:10 - the name Ezra 8:22 - his power and his wrath Job 13:12 - remembrances Psalms 109:15 - cut off Proverbs 15:29 - far Jeremiah 21:10 - I have Jeremiah 23:30 - General Ezekiel 15:7 - I will set Habakkuk 1:13 - of
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The face of the Lord [is] against them that do evil,.... Not against everyone that sins; for the righteous are not without sin; they have sin in them, and they do no good without it; but against them that live in sin, whose course of life is a series of wickedness, and they are workers of iniquity; and have no sense of sin, nor sorrow for it, go on in it without shame or fear; against these the face of the Lord is, he shows his resentment, and stirs up his wrath. For the Lord to be against a man is dreadful; a fearful thing it is to fill into his hands as a God of vengeance; there is no standing before him when once he is angry: and to have the face of God against a man is intolerable, when it is to destroy, and
to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth; so that they shall be no more thought of, nor spoken of, but with contempt and reproach; an everlasting mark of infamy being upon their names; see Proverbs 10:7.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The face of the Lord - This phrase is synonymous with that in the previous verse: “The eyes of the Lord.” The meaning is, that the righteous and the wicked are alike under the eye of God; the one for protection, the other for punishment. Neither of them can escape His notice; but at all times, and in all circumstances, they are equally seen by Him.
Is against them that do evil - The wicked; all that do wrong. In the former verse the statement is, that the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, that is, for their protection; in this case, by a change of the preposition in the original, the statement is, that His face is “against” them that do evil, that is, He observes them to bring judgment upon them.
To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth - To cut off themselves, - their families - and all memorials of them, so that they shall utterly be forgotten among people. Compare Psalms 109:13-15. So, in Proverbs 10:7, it is said, “The memory of the just is blessed; but the name of the wicked shall rot.” Two things are implied here:
(1) That it is “desirable” to be remembered after we are dead. There is in us a deep-rooted principle, of great value to the cause of virtue, which prompts us to “desire” that we may be held in grateful recollection by mankind after we have passed away; that is, which prompts us to do something in our lives, the remembrance of which the world will not “willingly let die.” - Milton.
(2) The other idea is, that there is a state of things on earth which has a tendency to cause the remembrance of the wicked to die out, or to make people forget them. There is nothing to make men desire to retain their recollection, or to rear monuments to them. People are indeed remembered who are of bad eminence in crime; but the world will forget a wicked man just as soon as it can. This is stated here as a reason particularly addressed to the young Psalms 34:11 why they should seek God, and pursue the ways of righteousness. The motive is, that men will “gladly” retain the remembrance of those who are good; of those who have done anything worthy to be remembered, but that a life of sin will make men desire to forget as soon as possible all those who practice it. This is not a low and base motive to be addressed to the young. That is a high and honorable principle which makes us wish that our names should be cherished by those who are to live after us, and is one of the original principles by which God keeps up virtue in the world - one of those arrangements, those safeguards of virtue, by which we are prompted to do right, and to abstain from that which is wrong. It is greatly perverted, indeed, to purposes of ambition, but, in itself, the desire not to be forgotten when we are dead contributes much to the industry, the enterprise, and the benevolence of the world, and is one of the most efficacious means for preserving us from sin.
