As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off.
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As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off.
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But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
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But transgressors shall be destroyed together; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.
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Passages linked to Psalms 37:38 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Proverbs 14:32 The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.
- Psalms 52:5 God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living.
- Psalms 1:4-6 The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
- Psalms 9:17 The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.
- Matthew 13:49-50 So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the wicked from among the righteous, and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.”
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9 punishing those who don’t know God, and to those who don’t obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus, who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
- Psalms 73:17 until I entered God’s sanctuary, and considered their latter end.
- Matthew 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.” ’ ”
- Matthew 25:46 These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 37:38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together:…
Psa 37:38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
Ver. 38. But the transgressors, &c.] Here the end is worse than the beginning. Sin ever ends tragically.
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The end of the wicked shall be cut off] Their end is not death, but destruction; they are killed with death, Rev 2:23, life and hope end together.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Together; or, alike, one as well as another; all,…
Together; or, alike, one as well as another; all, without any exception or respect of persons.
The end of the wicked shall be cut off, i. e. he shall be cut off at last, or in the end. His prosperity shall end in destruction. Or, the posterity (as this word signifies, Psa 109:13; Jer 31:17; Eze 23:25; Dan 11:4) of the wicked, &c.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But the salvation of the righteous is of the…
But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord,.... Both their temporal, spiritual, and eternal salvation; particularly the latter, which is originally of the Lord, and springs from the thoughts, purposes, and resolutions of his heart: it is of him freely, of his rich grace and abundant mercy; and it is of him fully and completely; it is an entire salvation of soul and body; includes all blessings of grace and glory in it; it is to the uttermost, and from all sin, and every enemy; and it is of him only; there is no salvation in any other; and the glory of it is to be ascribed to him, even to Jehovah, Father, Son, and Spirit; for all the three divine Persons have a concern in it: the determination, contrivance, and settlement of it, is of Jehovah the Father; the impetration or effecting of it is of Jehovah the Son; and the application of it is of Jehovah the Spirit; See Gill on Psa 3:8;
he is their strength in the time of trouble; by reason of the hidings of God's face, the temptations of Satan, the prevalence of corruptions, the weakness of grace, and the many afflictions that befall them from God and men; the Lord he is their strong hold and munition of rocks, whither they, betake themselves, and find help, protection, and safety; he puts underneath everlasting arms, bears them up, and upholds them with the right hand of his righteousness; and is the strength of their hearts, of their lives, and of their salvation.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Together - All without exception.
Together - All without exception.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain But the transgressors - Sinners; violators of the law…
But the transgressors - Sinners; violators of the law of God.
Shall be destroyed together - The word “together” here - יחדּו yachedâh - means properly “a union of them;” then, together - either:
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(a) in one place, Gen 13:6 - or
(b) at one time, Psa 4:8; or
(c) all as one, Psa 14:3 - or
(d) mutually with one another, as when men strive together, Deu 25:11.
The idea here is, that one would be destroyed as well as another; that there would be no exception; that they would go to the same ruin. They might be destroyed at different times, or in different modes, but it would be the same destruction in the end.
The end of the wicked - The future of the wicked. The same word is used here which occurs in Psa 37:37, as applied to the righteous. The meaning is, that while the “future” of the one would be peace, the future of the other would be a “cutting off,” or destruction.
Shall be cut off - That is, they shall be cut off; or, there will be a cutting off. This means here, evidently:
(a) that as an ordinary fact they would be cut down before they had reached the full limit of their course, Psa 37:35-36;
(b) in the future world they would be cut off from hope and happiness forever.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain together--at once; entirely (Psa 4:8).
together--at once; entirely (Psa 4:8).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 38. But—The sharp disjunctive sense of vauv, (ו, but,)…
38. But—The sharp disjunctive sense of vauv, (ו, but,) which the antithesis requires, brings out the latter end of the wicked in contrast with that of the righteous.
The end of the wicked shall be cut off— “Cut off” from God, and from the object of their hopes and aims. No words could better define complete separation from the lot of the righteous as given Psa_37:37. The contrast is complete.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 38. But transgressors are destroyed together:
38. But transgressors are destroyed together:
The posterity of the wicked is cut off.
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Cp. Psa_37:28; Psa_109:13; Job_18:13-21. To the Israelite, with his strong sense of the continuity of life in the family, childlessness or the loss of posterity was a virtual annihilation. In the light of N.T. revelation the contrast between the ‘after’ of the righteous and the wicked is still more solemn and significant.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain But the transgressors shall be destroyed together (comp. vers.…
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together (comp. vers. 2, 9, 10, 15, 20, and 34). The end of the wicked shall be cut off. If achargth be taken to mean "posterity" in the preceding verse, it must be given the same signification here.
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 38. But the transgressors shall be destroyed together.…
Ver. 38. But the transgressors shall be destroyed together. A common ruin awaits those who are joined in common rebellion. The end of the wicked shall be cut off. Their time shall be shortened, their happiness shall be ended, their hopes for ever blasted, their execution hastened on. Their present is shortened by their sins; they shall not live out half their days. They have no future worth having, while the righteous count their future as their true heritage.
Ver. 38. The end of the wicked shall be cut off. The wicked in this world do easily run up without rub or interruption, many times with acclamations and applause, all the golden steps of honours and preferments; but upon the highest stair they find the most slippery standing, and the top of their earthly felicity is the most immediate and certain descent unto the greatest downfall. They are royally mounted here upon earth, and gallop swiftly over the fair and green plains of plenty and pleasures; but at the end of their race they are overturned horse and man, and tumbled headlong into the pit of destruction. They fairly glide over the sea of this world with full sail, with much calmness and serenity, and richly laden; but in the brightest sunshine, and when they least suspect it, they suddenly and without recovery, sink into the gulf of darkness and desolation. Robert Bolton.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain The end of the wicked shall be cut off.
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The end of the wicked shall be cut off.
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The end of the wicked
The condition of the sinner is an awful one notwithstanding things may seem lovely and fair to him now. He resembles the man who lives in a magnificent mansion on the brow of a volcano, the situation is beautiful, the scenery is beautiful, the sky is beautiful, the air is beautiful, but there are fires that work beneath. These will one day rive the mountain, blacken the sky, and engulf the mansion and its proprietor. (R. Venting.)
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