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


In Context

5 Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this:

6 he will make your righteousness go forth as the light, and your justice as the noon day sun.

7 Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don't fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

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

9 For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.

10 For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't there.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

37:8Cease from anger, and leave rage; have no emulation to do 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 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.