Know the Text⌕

Reading as Seek: to learn Scripture and its teachings. Same facts, warmer framing.

Read›Psalms›Chapter 37

Delight Yourself in the LORD

Psalms 37:22

In 11 translations

BSB
Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed.
KJV
For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
WEB
For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.
ASV
For such as are blessed of him shall inherit the land; And they that are cursed of him shall be cut off.
LSV
For His blessed ones possess the land, || And His reviled ones are cut off.
YLT
For His blessed ones do possess the land, And His reviled ones are cut off.
DBY
for those blessed of him shall possess the land, and they that are cursed of him shall be cut off.
DRC36:22
For such as bless him shall inherit the land: but such as curse him shall perish.
GNV
For such as be blessed of God, shall inherite the lande, and they that be cursed of him, shalbe cut off.
JPS
For such as are blessed of Him shall inherit the land; and they that are cursed of Him shall be cut off.
LXXE36:22
For they that bless him shall inherit the earth; and they that curse him shall be utterly destroyed.

Word by word Hebrew · tap a word

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
כִּ֣י מְ֭בֹרָכָיו יִ֣ירְשׁוּ אָ֑רֶץ וּ֝מְקֻלָּלָ֗יו יִכָּרֵֽתוּ׃
LXX-Br36:22
Ὅτι οἱ εὐλογοῦντες αὐτὸν κληρονομήσουσι γῆν, οἱ δὲ καταρώμενοι αὐτὸν ἐξολοθρευθήσονται.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Proverbs 3:33The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
  • 1 Corinthians 16:22If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!
  • Psalms 37:9For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.
  • Psalms 115:15May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
  • Zechariah 5:3–4Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be…
  • Psalms 37:18The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.
  • Psalms 128:1Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!
  • Psalms 119:21You rebuke the arrogant— the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
  • Psalms 32:1Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
  • Psalms 37:28For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
  • 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.
  • Galatians 3:10All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
  • Psalms 37:11But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity.
  • Job 5:3I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
  • Galatians 3:13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 36:22 in some Bibles
  • 37:22 in most Bibles

Report a problem

Found something wrong, unsourced or unfair? Tell us; every report is read. Please don’t include personal information.

↑