Psalms 1:6

In 11 translations

BSB

For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

KJV

For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

WEB

For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

ASV

For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.

LSV

For YHWH is knowing the way of the righteous, || And the way of the wicked is lost!

YLT

For Jehovah is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!

DBY

For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

DRC

For the Lord knoweth the way of the just: and the way of the wicked shall perish.

GNV

For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous, and the way of the wicked shall perish.

JPS

For the LORD regardeth the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked shall perish.

LXXE

For the Lord knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

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WLC

כִּֽי־יוֹדֵ֣עַ יְ֭הוָה דֶּ֣רֶךְ צַדִּיקִ֑ים וְדֶ֖רֶךְ רְשָׁעִ֣ים תֹּאבֵֽד׃

LXX-Br

Ὅτι γινώσκει Κύριος ὁδὸν δικαίων, καὶ ὁδὸς ἀσεβῶν ἀπολεῖται.

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• 2 Timothy 2:19Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
• John 10:14I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,
• Proverbs 15:9The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.
• Nahum 1:7The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.
• Psalms 37:18–24The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever. In the time of evil they will not be ashamed, and in the days of famine they will be satisfied. But the wicked and enemies of the LORD…
• John 10:27My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
• Psalms 146:9The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
• Proverbs 14:12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
• Psalms 139:1–2O LORD, You have searched me and known me. You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
• Matthew 7:13Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
• Job 23:10Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
• Psalms 142:3Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.
• 2 Peter 2:12These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.
• Psalms 9:6The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.
• Psalms 112:10The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.

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