Psalms 37:9

Amplified Bible

For those who do evil will be cut off, But those who wait for the LORD, they will inherit the land.

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
For the evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For euill doers shalbe cut off, and they that wait vpon the Lord, they shall inherite the land.

Christian Standard Bible®
For evildoers will be destroyed,but those who put their hope in the Lordwill inherit the land.

Hebrew Names Version
For evildoers shall be cut off, But those who wait for the LORD shall inherit the land.

Easy-to-Read Version
The wicked will be destroyed, but those who call to the Lord for help will get the land he promised.

American Standard Version
For evil-doers shall be cut off; But those that wait for Jehovah, they shall inherit the land.

Contemporary English Version
All sinners will disappear, but if you trust the Lord , the land will be yours.

Complete Jewish Bible
For evildoers will be cut off, but those hoping in Adonai will inherit the land.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For evil-doers shall be cut off; but those that wait for the LORD, they shall inherit the land.

King James Version (1611)
For euil doers shall be cut off: but those that waite vpon the Lord, they shall inherite the earth.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For evil-doers shall be destroyed: but they that wait on the Lord, they shall inherit the land.

English Revised Version
For evil-doers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the land.

Berean Standard Bible
For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.

Lexham English Bible
For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh— they will possess the land.

Literal Translation
For evildoers shall be cut off; and the ones waiting on Jehovah, they shall inherit the earth.

New Century Version
Evil people will be sent away, but those who trust the Lord will inherit the land.

New English Translation
Wicked men will be wiped out, but those who rely on the Lord are the ones who will possess the land.

New King James Version
For evildoers shall be cut off; But those who wait on the LORD, They shall inherit the earth.

New Living Translation
For the wicked will be destroyed, but those who trust in the Lord will possess the land.

New Life Bible
For those who do wrong will be cut off. But those who wait for the Lord will be given the earth.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, evil doers, shall be cut off, but, as for them who wait for Yahweh, they, shall inherit the earth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(36-9) For evildoers shall be cut off: but they that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the land.

George Lamsa Translation
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those who trust in the LORD shall inherit the earth.

Good News Translation
Those who trust in the Lord will possess the land, but the wicked will be driven out.

New American Standard Bible
For evildoers will be eliminated, But those who wait for the LORD, they will inherit the land.

King James Version
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord , they shall inherit the earth.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For the malitious doers shalbe rooted out: and they that paciently wayte after God, they shall inherite the lande.

New Revised Standard
For the wicked shall be cut off, but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land.

Darby Translation
For evil-doers shall be cut off; but those that wait on Jehovah, they shall possess the land.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For thei, that doen wickidli, schulen be distried; but thei that suffren the Lord, schulen enerite the lond.

Young's Literal Translation
For evil doers are cut off, As to those waiting on Jehovah, they possess the land.

World English Bible
For evildoers shall be cut off, But those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.

Revised Standard Version
For the wicked shall be cut off; but those who wait for the LORD shall possess the land.

Update Bible Version
For evil-doers shall be cut off; But those that wait for Yahweh, they shall inherit the land.

Webster's Bible Translation
For evil doers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

Bible in Basic English
For the evil-doers will be cut off: but those who have faith in the Lord will have the earth for their heritage.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For wicked doers shal be roted out, but they that pacietly abyde the LORDE, shal enheret the londe.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
For evildoers will be cut off, But those who wait for the Lord , they will inherit the land.

Legacy Standard Bible
For evildoers will be cut off,But those who hope for Yahweh, they will inherit the land.

Contextual Overview

⁷Be still before the LORD; wait patiently for Him and entrust yourself to Him; Do not fret (whine, agonize) because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes. ⁸Cease from anger and abandon wrath; Do not fret; it leads only to evil. ⁹For those who do evil will be cut off, But those who wait for the LORD, they will inherit the land. ¹⁰For 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]. ¹¹But the humble will [at last] inherit the land And will delight themselves in abundant prosperity and peace. ¹²The wicked plots against the righteous And gnashes at him with his teeth. ¹³The Lord laughs at him [the wicked one—the one who oppresses the righteous], For He sees that his day [of defeat] is coming. ¹⁴The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow To cast down the afflicted and the needy, To slaughter those who are upright in conduct [those with personal integrity and godly character]. ¹⁵The sword [of the ungodly] will enter their own heart, And their bow will be broken. ¹⁶Better is the little of the righteous [who seek the will of God] Than the abundance (riches) of many wicked (godless).

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

evildoers: Psalms 37:35, Psalms 37:36, Psalms 55:23, Job 20:23-29, Job 27:13, Job 27:14-23

inherit: Psalms 37:11, Psalms 37:12, Psalms 37:29, Psalms 25:13, Isaiah 58:14, Isaiah 60:21, Hebrews 11:16, Revelation 5:10

the earth: Or, "the land," airetz, probably the land of Judea, given by God himself as an inheritance to their fathers, and their posterity forever, and this verse seems to contain a promise of their return thither.

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 2:4 - fail 2 Kings 6:33 - wait for the Psalms 37:22 - cut off Psalms 37:34 - Wait Proverbs 2:21 - General Proverbs 10:25 - the whirlwind Proverbs 10:30 - the wicked Isaiah 57:13 - but he Matthew 5:5 - they Luke 12:46 - cut him in sunder

Cross-References

Genesis 37:7
we [brothers] were binding sheaves [of grain stalks] in the field, and lo, my sheaf [suddenly] got up and stood upright and remained standing; and behold, your sheaves stood all around my sheaf and bowed down [in respect]."

Genesis 37:9
But Joseph dreamed still another dream, and told it to his brothers [as well]. He said, "See here, I have again dreamed a dream, and lo, [this time I saw] eleven stars and the sun and the moon bowed down [in respect] to me!"

Genesis 37:10
He told it to his father as well as to his brothers; but his father rebuked him and said to him [in disbelief], "What is [the meaning of] this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brothers actually come to bow down to the ground [in respect] before you?"

Genesis 37:14
Then Jacob said to him, "Please go and see whether everything is all right with your brothers and all right with the flock; then bring word [back] to me." So he sent him from the Hebron Valley, and he went to Shechem.

Genesis 37:15
Now a certain man found Joseph, and saw that he was wandering around and had lost his way in the field; so the man asked him, "What are you looking for?"

Genesis 37:21
Now Reuben [the eldest] heard this and rescued him from their hands and said, "Let us not take his life."

Genesis 41:25
Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, "The [two] dreams are one [and the same and have one interpretation]; God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.

Genesis 41:32
"That the dream was repeated twice to Pharaoh [and in two different ways] indicates that this matter is fully determined and established by God, and God will bring it to pass very quickly.

Genesis 43:28
And they answered, "Your servant our father is in good health; he is still alive." And they bowed down [their heads before Joseph] in respect.

Genesis 44:14
When Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, he was still there; and they fell to the ground before him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For evildoers shall be cut off,.... Though they flourish for a while, they shall be cut down like the grass or flower of the field, or they shall be cut off as branches from a flourishing tree; they shall be cut off from the earth, and rooted out of it by death or some desolating judgment; see Proverbs 2:22; and therefore not to be envied and fretted at;

but those that wait upon the Lord shall inherit the earth; such who attend his word, worship, and ordinances; obey his commands, trust in his grace and mercy; or, as the Targum, "trust in the word of the Lord"; who wait upon him for the manifestations of himself, for the performance of his promises, for answer of prayer, for supplies of grace, and live in the expectation of the heavenly glory; these shall have for their inheritance, not the land of Canaan, a land flowing with milk and honey, which the obedient Jews enjoyed; but either this world and the necessaries of it, which such persons have the promise of, a right unto through Christ, are heirs of, and do enjoy what they do with a blessing; or else the new earth after this, in which only righteous ones, those that wait upon the Lord, and trust in him, will dwell; unless the heavenly country, the good land afar off, is meant, often called an inheritance.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For evil-doers shall be cut off - See Psalms 37:2. This will be the termination of their course. They shall not ultimately prosper. God will order all things in equity, and though such men now seem to be prosperous, and to be the objects of the divine favor, yet all this is temporary. The day of retribution will certainly come, and they will be dealt with as they deserve. The reference here probably is to judgment in this life, or to the fact that God will, as a general law, show his disapprobation of the course of the wicked by judgments inflicted on them in this world. See Psalms 55:23, “Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days.” Proverbs 10:27, “the years of the wicked shall be shortened.” Compare Job 15:32. The idea here is that wicked men will be cut down before they reach the ordinary term of human life, or before they would be cut off if they were not wicked. Compare Psalms 37:35-36. This is not indeed universally true, but there are instances enough of this kind to establish it as a general rule. Intemperance, voluptuousness, the indulgence of violent passions, and the crimes proceeding therefrom, shorten the lives of multitudes who, but for these, might have lived long on the earth. As it is a general rule that virtue, piety, the fear of God, temperance, honesty, and the calmness of spirit which results from these, tend to lengthen out life, so it is certain that the opposites of these tend to abridge it. Neither virtue nor piety indeed make it absolutely certain that a man will live to be old; but vice and crime make it morally certain that he will not. At all events, it is true that the wicked are to live but a little while upon the earth; that they soon will, like other men, be cut down and removed; and therefore we should not fret and complain in regard to those who are so soon to pass away. Compare Psalms 73:0.

But those that wait upon the Lord - The pious; they who fear God and serve him.

They shall inherit the earth - Compare the notes at Psalms 37:3. See also Psalms 37:11, Psalms 37:22, Psalms 37:25.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 37:9. They shall inherit the earth. — The word ארץ arets, throughout this Psalm, should be translated land, not earth; for it is most probable that it refers to the land of Judea; and in this verse there is a promise of their return thither.