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Psalms 34:21
21Evil things will return to kill wicked people. Whoever hates God's own people will receive punishment.
Psalms 34:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
- New International Version (NIV)Evil will slay the wicked; the foes of the righteous will be condemned.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Affliction will slay the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Evil shall slay the wicked, And those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.
Context of Psalms 34:21
19Righteous people may often have troubles, but the Lord saves them from every danger. 20The Lord keeps them safe. Not even one of their bones is broken! Evil things will return to kill wicked people. Whoever hates God's own people will receive punishment. 22The Lord saves the lives of his servants. Everyone who trusts the Lord to keep them safe will not receive punishment as a guilty person.
Read all of Psalms 34Psalms 34:21 word by word
תְּמוֹתֵ֣ת רָשָׁ֣ע רָעָ֑ה וְשֹׂנְאֵ֖י צַדִּ֣יק יֶאְשָֽׁמוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 34:21
- Psalms 37:30Righteous people speak wise words. What they say brings justice.
- Psalms 94:23He will punish those wicked leaders. He will destroy them, because they do evil things. The Lord our God will completely destroy them.
- Isaiah 3:11But it will be very bad for the wicked people. They will receive the punishment that they deserve.
- Psalms 37:12Wicked people think about how to hurt righteous people. They show their teeth to frighten good people.
- Psalms 40:15When people laugh at me, make them sorry for what they have done.
- Psalms 89:23I will destroy his enemies in front of him I will kill those who hate him.
- 1 Samuel 19:4Jonathan spoke to his father Saul. He said good things about David. He said to Saul, ‘The king should not do anything bad against David. David is your servant. He has not done anything that is bad against you. Everything that he does really helps you.
- 1 Samuel 31:4He said to the young man who carried his armour, ‘Kill me now with your sword. I do not want these foreign men to be cruel to me as they kill me.’ But the young man would not agree to kill Saul because he was too afraid. So Saul took his own sword and he threw himself onto it so that he died.
- 1 Kings 22:8The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, ‘There is still one man. We could ask him what the Lord wants us to do. But I do not like him, because he never says that anything good will happen to me. He only says that I will have trouble. He is Imlah's son, Micaiah.’ Jehoshaphat said, ‘The king should not talk like that.’
- Luke 19:14But the people who were living in his country did not like the man. So they sent some of their people to the foreign country with a message. They said, “We do not want this man to rule over us.”
- Luke 19:41When Jesus got near to the city, he looked at it. He cried because he felt very sorry for the people in it.
- John 7:7People who belong to this world cannot hate you. But they hate me. The things that they do are very bad. And I tell them that those things are wrong. That is why they hate me.
- John 15:18‘The people who belong to this world may hate you. But remember this: They hated me before they hated you.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15People like that even killed the Lord Jesus. They killed God's prophets, too. They also did bad things against us, so that we had to leave their towns. They make God become angry. They are enemies of all people,
- 2 Thessalonians 1:6God will punish those people who are causing trouble for you. He will cause trouble for them. That is right and fair.
- Exodus 20:7You must not speak the name of the Lord your God in a wrong way. The Lord will punish anyone who speaks his name in a wrong way.
Commentaries on Psalms 34:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Evil shall slay the wicked - The very thing in which they delight shall become their bane and their ruin. They that hate the righteous - All persecutors of God's people shall be followed by the chilling blast of God's displeasure in this world; and if they repent not, shall perish everlastingly.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21Evil shall slay the wicked - That is, his own wicked conduct will be the cause of his destruction. His ruin is not arbitrary, or the mere result of a divine appointment; it is caused by sin, and is the regular and natural consequence of guilt. In the destruction of the sinner, there will not be any one thing which cannot be explained by the supposition that it is the regular effect of sin, or what sin is, in its own nature, suited to produce. The one will…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-22Verses 11-22 Let young persons set out in life with learning the fear of the Lord, if they desire true comfort here, and eternal happiness hereafter. Those will be most happy who begin the soonest to serve so good a Master. All aim to be happy. Surely this must look further than the present world; for man's life on earth consists but of few days, and those full of trouble. What man is he that would see the good of that where all bliss is perfect? Alas!…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-22The godly might suffer, but the Lord will reward them in the end. Similarly, the wicked might prosper for a time, but ultimately they will perish (Psalms 1:6; 34:15–16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 21-2221-22. Contrast in the destiny of righteous and wicked; the former shall be delivered and never come into condemnation (Joh 5:24; Ro 8:1); the latter are left under condemnation and desolate.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 34
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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