11 translations · Hebrew
Psalm 1:6
For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
Psalm 1:6 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
- KJV King James Version
- For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
- ASV American Standard Version
- For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- For YHWH is knowing the way of the righteous, || And the way of the wicked is lost!
- FBV Free Bible Version
- For the Lord watches over those who follow the right way, but the way of the wicked leads to death.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- For Jehovah is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!
- DBY Darby Translation
- For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- For the Lord knoweth the way of the just: and the way of the wicked shall perish.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| כִּֽי־ | kî- | For | H3588 כִּי for |
| יוֹדֵ֣עַ | yō·w·ḏê·a‘ | guards | H3045 יָדַע to know |
| יְ֭הוָה | Yah·weh | the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| דֶּ֣רֶךְ | de·reḵ | the path | H1870 דֶּ֫רֶךְ way: conduct |
| צַדִּיקִ֑ים | ṣad·dî·qîm | of the righteous | H6662 צַדִּיק righteous |
| וְדֶ֖רֶךְ | wə·ḏe·reḵ | but the way | H1870 דֶּ֫רֶךְ way: conduct |
| רְשָׁעִ֣ים | rə·šā·‘îm | of the wicked | H7563 רָשָׁע wicked |
| תֹּאבֵֽד׃ | tō·ḇêḏ | will perish | H6 אָבַד to perish |
Related verses
- 2 Timothy 2:19
However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.”
- John 10:14
I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own;
- Proverbs 15:9
The way of the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but he loves him who follows after righteousness.
- Nahum 1:7
Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.
- Psalm 37:18–24
Yahweh knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever. They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied. But the wicked shall perish. The enemies of Yahweh shall be like the beauty of the fields. They will vanish— vanish like smoke. …
- John 10:27
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
- Psalm 146:9
Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.
- Proverbs 14:12
There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.
- Psalm 139:1–2
Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me. You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.
- Matthew 7:13
“Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
4 The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6 For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
Read all of Psalm 1 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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