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Psalm 37

Psa. 37:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But the wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
shall perish
'abad (Hebrew #6)
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
KJV usage: break, destroy(- uction), + not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, X and surely, take, be undone, X utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.
Pronounce: aw-bad'
Origin: a primitive root
, and the enemies
'oyeb (Hebrew #341)
active participle of 340; hating; an adversary
KJV usage: enemy, foe.
Pronounce: o-yabe'
Origin: or (fully) owyeb {o-yabe'}
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
shall be as the ηfat
yaqar (Hebrew #3368)
from 3365; valuable (obj. or subj.): --brightness, clear, costly, excellent, fat, honourable women, precious, reputation.
Pronounce: yaw-kawr'
of lambs
kar (Hebrew #3733)
a ram (as full-grown and fat), including a battering-ram (as butting); hence, a meadow (as for sheep); also a pad or camel's saddle (as puffed out)
KJV usage: captain, furniture, lamb, (large) pasture, ram. See also 1033, 3746.
Pronounce: kar
Origin: from 3769 in the sense of plumpness
: they shall consume
kalah (Hebrew #3615)
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
KJV usage: accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when ... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, X fully, X have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make clean riddance, spend, quite take away, waste.
Pronounce: kaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
; into smoke
`ashan (Hebrew #6227)
smoke, literally or figuratively (vapor, dust, anger)
KJV usage: smoke(-ing).
Pronounce: aw-shawn'
Origin: from 6225
shall they consume away
kalah (Hebrew #3615)
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
KJV usage: accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when ... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, X fully, X have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make clean riddance, spend, quite take away, waste.
Pronounce: kaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
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preciousness.

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Cross References

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But the.
Psa. 68:2• 2As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. (Psa. 68:2)
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Psa. 92:9• 9For, lo, thine enemies, O Lord, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. (Psa. 92:9)
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Judg. 5:31• 31So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years. (Judg. 5:31)
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Luke 13:3,5• 3I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
 5I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. (Luke 13:3,5)
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2 Peter 2:12• 12But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; (2 Peter 2:12)
as the fat of lambs.
Heb. preciousness.That is, as the fat was wholly consumed in sacrifices, by the fire on the altar, so the wicked shall consume away in the fire of God's anger.
Deut. 33:14‑16• 14And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,
 15And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,
 16And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren. (Deut. 33:14‑16)
smoke.
Psa. 102:3• 3For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. (Psa. 102:3)
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Gen. 19:28• 28And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. (Gen. 19:28)
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Lev. 3:3‑11,16• 3And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the Lord; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
 4And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
 5And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the Lord.
 6And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the Lord be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
 7If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the Lord.
 8And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.
 9And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the Lord; the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
 10And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
 11And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the Lord.
 16And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savor: all the fat is the Lord's. (Lev. 3:3‑11,16)
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Deut. 29:20• 20The Lord will not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven. (Deut. 29:20)
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Heb. 12:29• 29For our God is a consuming fire. (Heb. 12:29)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of Jehovah shall be as the fat of lambsb: they shall consume, like smoke shall they consume away.

JND Translation Notes

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Others, "the splendour of the meadows."