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King James Version

Psalms 1:5

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Wicked (People);   The Topic Concordance - Sin;   Ungodliness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Righteousness;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Sin;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Righteousness;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Blessedness;   English Versions;   Psalms;   Righteousness;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Blessedness;   Justification (2);   Synagogue;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Asher;   Bless;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Judgment;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bible, the;   Death;   Eschatology of the Old Testament (with Apocryphal and Apocalyptic Writings);   Good, Chief;   Text of the Old Testament;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Godliness;   Judaism;   Judgment, Divine;   Resurrection;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for January 7;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore the wicked will not rise in the judgment,Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therefore the vngodly shall not [be able to] stande in the iudgement: neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Darby Translation
Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
New King James Version
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Literal Translation
On account of this the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Easy-to-Read Version
When the time for judgment comes, the wicked will be found guilty. Sinners have no place among those who do what is right.
World English Bible
Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
King James Version (1611)
Therefore the vngodly shall not stand in the iudgement, nor sinners in the Congregation of the righteous.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore the vngodly shall not be able to stonde in the iudgmet, nether the synners in the congregacion off the rightuous.
American Standard Version
Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Bible in Basic English
For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,
Update Bible Version
Therefore, the wicked shall not stand in the judgment; nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
New English Translation
For this reason the wicked cannot withstand judgment, nor can sinners join the assembly of the godly.
Contemporary English Version
Sinners won't have an excuse on the day of judgment, and they won't have a place with the people of God.
Complete Jewish Bible
For this reason the wicked won't stand up to the judgment, nor will sinners at the gathering of the righteous.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore the wicked shall not stande in the iudgement, nor sinners in the assemblie of the righteous.
George Lamsa Translation
Therefore the ungodly shall not be justified in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
Amplified Bible
Therefore the wicked will not stand [unpunished] in the judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
Hebrew Names Version
Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
New Living Translation
They will be condemned at the time of judgment. Sinners will have no place among the godly.
New Life Bible
So the sinful will not stand. They will be told they are guilty and have to suffer for it. Sinners will not stand with those who are right with God.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Therefore the ungodly shall not rise in judgment, nor sinners in the counsel of the just.
English Revised Version
Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Berean Standard Bible
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
New Revised Standard
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For this cause, shall the lawless not stand in the judgment, - nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore the wicked shall not rise again in judgment: nor sinners in the council of the just.
Lexham English Bible
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
English Standard Version
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
New American Standard Bible
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
New Century Version
So the wicked will not escape God's punishment. Sinners will not worship with God's people.
Good News Translation
Sinners will be condemned by God and kept apart from God's own people.
Christian Standard Bible®
Therefore the wicked will not survive the judgment, and sinners will not be in the community of the righteous.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor wickid men risen not ayen in doom; nethir synneres in the councel of iust men.
Young's Literal Translation
Therefore the wicked rise not in judgment, Nor sinners in the company of the righteous,
Revised Standard Version
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;

Contextual Overview

4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

shall: Psalms 5:5, Psalms 24:3, Luke 21:36, Jude 1:15

sinners: Psalms 26:9, Malachi 3:18, Matthew 13:49, Matthew 25:32, Matthew 25:41, Matthew 25:46

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 2:9 - hold him Psalms 36:12 - shall Daniel 2:35 - like Daniel 12:13 - stand 1 Peter 4:18 - where

Cross-References

Genesis 1:8
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Genesis 1:13
And the evening and the morning were the third day.
Genesis 1:19
And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Genesis 1:23
And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
Genesis 1:31
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Genesis 8:22
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Psalms 19:2
Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
Psalms 74:16
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Psalms 104:20
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
Isaiah 45:7
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,.... Neither in temporal judgment, when God comes forth in a way of wrath and sore displeasure; for who can stand before him when he is angry? what are chaff and stubble, thorns and briers, to consuming fire? nor in the last and great day of judgment, so the Targum and Kimchi interpret the words; for that day will burn like an oven the wicked, who will be as stubble, and leave neither root nor branch, Malachi 4:1: when the great day of the Lamb's wrath is come, who will be able to stand? Romans 6:16; there will be no standing for the wicked when he appears; they will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ, to take their trial and hear their sentence, 2 Corinthians 5:10; but they shall not stand in the same place with the righteous, not at Christ's right hand, but at his left; they shall not stand with an holy confidence, with intrepidity, and without shame, as the blessed man will; they will not stand, but fall in judgment; they will not be acquitted and discharged, but be condemned to everlasting punishment, Matthew 25:30; and this sense the Targum on the place expresses, "the ungodly shall not be justified in the great day"; the Vulgate Latin and Septuagint versions render the words, "the ungodly shall not rise again in judgment"; from whence some have concluded there will be no resurrection of the wicked: which seems, to be the sense of Kimchi and other Jewish writers; who assert that the souls of the wicked perish with their bodies at death, and that the latter rise not, contrary to Ecclesiastes 12:7; but that the wicked will, rise may be concluded from the justice of God, which requires that the bodies which have sinned should be punished; and from the general judgment of good and bad, and from the account of the punishment of hell, which will be inflicted on the body as well as on the soul: besides, the contrary doctrine is a licentious one, and is calculated to harden wicked men in their sins, and is directly repugnant to the assertions of Christ, and the Apostle Paul, John 5:28; nor has it any foundation in this text, even admitting such a version; which does not absolutely affirm that the wicked shall not rise again, but that they shall not rise again in, judgment, in the first resurrection, the resurrection of the just, and so as to be acquitted and discharged, but they shall rise to the resurrection of damnation;

nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; who are made righteous by the righteousness of Christ imputed to them, and have a work of grace and holiness wrought in them; and who, under the influence of grace, live soberly, righteously, and godly; these are the same with the blessed man, Psalms 1:1; and who at the day of judgment will be perfectly holy, and free from all sin; and they will be all gathered together by the holy angels; the dead saints will be raised, the living ones will be changed, and both will be caught up together to meet the Lord in the air, and will make up one general assembly and church of the firstborn; and among these, and in this assembly, there will not be a single sinner; there are now sinners in Zion, foolish virgins with the wise, chaff and tares among Christ's wheat, and wolves and goats among his sheep; but then there will be an eternal separation, and no mixing together any more.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Therefore - Because they are thus worthless.

The ungodly - See the notes at Psalms 1:1. The wicked in general; the wicked of any kind or degree.

Shall not stand - Compare the notes at Psalms 1:1. The idea is, that they will not be found among those who are acquitted by the Judge, and approved by him. The idea seems to be derived from the act of standing up to be tried, or to receive a sentence.

In the judgment - The Aramaic Paraphrase renders this, “in the great day” - understanding it of the day of judgment. The Septuagint and Vulgate render it, “the wicked shall not rise - ἀναστήσονται anastēsontai - resurgent - in judgment.” Most of the Jewish interpreters, following the Aramaic Paraphrase, understand this as referring to the last judgment. Rosenmuller, in loc. The truth stated, however, seems to be more general than that, though that is probably included. The meaning is, that they would not share the lot of the righteous: in all places, and at all times, where character is determined, and where the divine estimate of human character is manifested, it would be found that they could not stand the trial, or abide the result, so as to have a place with the righteous. Their true character would in all such cases be shown, and they would be treated like the chaff that is driven away. This would be true alike in those situations of trial in the present life when character is determined, and at the last judgment, when the sentence will be pronounced which will determine the final doom of mankind.

Nor sinners - See the notes at Psalms 1:1.

In the congregation of the righteous - Be reckoned or regarded as belonging to the righteous. That is, in all the places where the righteous, as such, are assembled, they will have no place: where they assemble to worship God; where they meet as his friends; where they unitedly participate in his favor; when, in the last day, they shall be gathered together to receive their reward, and when they shall be assembled together in heaven. The sinner has no place in the congregations of the people of God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 1:5. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand — This refers to the winnowing mentioned in the preceding verse. Some of the versions have, The ungodly shall not arise in the judgment - they shall have no resurrection, except to shame and everlasting contempt. But probably the meaning is, When they come to be judged, they shall be condemned. They shall have nothing to plead in their behalf. That the impious were never to have any resurrection, but be annihilated, was the opinion of several among the Jews, and of some among Christians. The former believe that only the true Israelites shall be raised again; and that the souls of all others, the Christians not excepted, die with their bodies. Such unfounded opinions are unworthy of refutation.


 
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