But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. {rooted: or, plucked up}

{I had fainted}, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and {he that} speaketh lies shall not escape. {unpunished: Heb. held innocent}

The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue {is} but for a moment.

Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:

I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, {and} from a deceitful tongue.

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and {he that} speaketh lies shall perish.

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee. {bloody...: Heb. men of bloods and deceit} {shall...: Heb. shall not half their days}

Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; {clouds: Heb. cloud}

His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.

And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.

I said, I shall not see the LORD, {even} the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. {a green...: or, a green tree that groweth in his own soil}

{As for} the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

But God shall shoot at them {with} an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded. {shall they...: Heb. their wound shall be}

But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. {rooted: or, plucked up}

Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see {it}.

For a just {man} falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

For yet a little while, and the wicked {shall} not {be}: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it {shall} not {be}.

But God said unto him, {Thou} fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? {thy...: Gr. do they require thy soul}

For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.

And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as {it is} this day.

{I had fainted}, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

The rich man's wealth {is} his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.

The righteous {man} wisely considereth the house of the wicked: {but God} overthroweth the wicked for {their} wickedness.

It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. {accomplished: or, cut off}

Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I {am} thy servant.

A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up {that which is} planted; {to be...: Heb. to bear}

{There is} no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither {hath he} power in the day of death: and {there is} no discharge in {that} war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it. {discharge: or, casting off weapons}

Lo, their good {is} not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, {and} be merry.

Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it {to be} a proverb and a byword among all nations.

For ye say, Where {is} the house of the prince? and where {are} the dwelling places of the wicked? {the dwelling...: Heb. the tent of the tabernacles}

The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.

In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that {was} upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken {it}.

But I {was} like a lamb {or} an ox {that} is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, {saying}, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered. {the tree...: Heb. the stalk with his bread}

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. {Sharp...: or, It is as the sharp arrows of the mighty man, with coals of juniper}

And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether {it be} unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment. {to banishment: Chaldee, to rooting out}

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.