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You Are My Refuge and My Fortress

Psalms 91:8

In 11 translations

BSB
You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked.
KJV
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
WEB
You will only look with your eyes, and see the recompense of the wicked.
ASV
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, And see the reward of the wicked.
LSV
But with your eyes you look, || And you see the reward of the wicked,
YLT
But with thine eyes thou lookest, And the reward of the wicked thou seest,
DBY
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, and see the reward of the wicked.
DRC90:8
But thou shalt consider with thy eyes: and shalt see the reward of the wicked.
GNV
Doubtlesse with thine eyes shalt thou beholde and see the reward of the wicked.
JPS
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, and see the recompense of the wicked.
LXXE90:8
Only with thine eyes shalt thou observe and see the reward of sinners.

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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
רַ֭ק בְּעֵינֶ֣יךָ תַבִּ֑יט וְשִׁלֻּמַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים תִּרְאֶֽה׃
LXX-Br90:8
Πλὴν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς σου κατανοήσεις, καὶ ἀνταπόδοσιν ἁμαρτωλῶν ὄψει.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 37:34Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
  • Proverbs 3:25–26Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked, for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare.
  • Psalms 92:11My eyes see the downfall of my enemies; my ears hear the wailing of my wicked foes.
  • Malachi 1:5You will see this with your own eyes, and you yourselves will say, ‘The LORD is great—even beyond the borders of Israel.’”
  • Psalms 58:10–11The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked. Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the…
  • Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
  • Hebrews 2:2For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,

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

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  • 90:8 in some Bibles
  • 91:8 in most Bibles

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