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


In Context

5 Roll on Jehovah thy way, And trust upon Him, and He worketh,

6 And hath brought out as light thy righteousness, And thy judgment as noon-day.

7 Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices.

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

9 For evil doers are cut off, As to those waiting on Jehovah, they possess the land.

10 And yet a little, and the wicked is not, And thou hast considered his place, and it is not.

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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

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.