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Psalms 139:19

Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.

KJV

Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.

ASV

אִם תִּקְטֹ֖ל אֱל֥וֹהַּ רָשָׁ֑ע וְ/אַנְשֵׁ֥י דָ֝מִ֗ים ס֣וּרוּ מֶֽ/נִּי

Hebrew

Dost Thou slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!

YLT

If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱל֣וֹהַּ
'lvh
noun · 60×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
וֹ
v
noun · 356×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
נִי
ny
verb · 3×
סָ֥ר
sr
verb · 301×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 6:17 — Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
  • Esth 7:6 — And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
  • Isa 11:4 — But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay
  • Matt 25:41 — Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
  • Matt 25:41 — Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
  • Ps 5:6 — Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
  • Ps 6:8 — Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.
  • Ps 6:8 — Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.
  • Ps 9:17 — The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
  • Ps 26:9 — Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
  • Ps 55:23 — 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.
  • Ps 59:2 — Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
  • Ps 64:7 — But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
  • Ps 94:23 — And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
  • Ps 119:115 — Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
  • Ps 119:115 — Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.