8Cease from anger, and leave rage; have no emulation to do evil.


In Context

5 Commit thy way to the Lord, and trust in him, and he will do it.

6 And he will bring forth thy justice as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

7 Be subject to the Lord and pray to him Envy not the man who prospereth in his way; the man who doth unjust things.

8 Cease from anger, and leave rage; have no emulation to do evil.

9 For the evildoers shall be cut off : but they that wait upon the Lord shall inherit the land.

10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be : and thou shalt seek his place, and shalt not find it.

Psalm 37:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

37:8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

37:8Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret-it leads only to evil.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

37:8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; fret not thyself: it would be only to do evil.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

37:8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don't fret, it leads only to evildoing.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

37:8Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

37:8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not yourself in any wise to do evil.