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You Have Searched Me and Known Me

Psalms 139:19

In 11 translations

BSB
O God, that You would slay the wicked— away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
KJV
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
WEB
If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
ASV
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.
LSV
Do You slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!
YLT
Dost Thou slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!
DBY
Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O God! And ye men of blood, depart from me.Eloah
DRC138:19
If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me:
GNV
Oh that thou wouldest slay, O God, the wicked and bloody men, to whom I say, Depart ye from mee:
JPS
If Thou but wouldest slay the wicked, O God — depart from me therefore, ye men of blood;
LXXE138:19
Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O God; depart from me, ye men of blood.

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Original-language editions

WLC
אִם־תִּקְטֹ֖ל אֱל֥וֹהַּ ׀ רָשָׁ֑ע וְאַנְשֵׁ֥י דָ֝מִ֗ים ס֣וּרוּ מֶֽנִּי׃
LXX-Br138:19
Ἐὰν ἀποκτείνῃς ἁμαρτωλοὺς ὁ Θεός· ἄνδρες αἱμάτων ἐκκλίνατε ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 5:6You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
  • Psalms 119:115Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
  • Isaiah 11:4but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.
  • Psalms 9:17The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
  • Psalms 6:8Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
  • Psalms 64:7But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.
  • 2 Corinthians 6:17“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
  • Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
  • Psalms 94:23He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.
  • Matthew 25:41Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
  • Matthew 7:23Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’

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