Psalm 37:20
But the wicked and enemies of the Lord will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away.
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
Note the fat: Heb. the preciousness
But the wicked shall perish. The enemies of the Lord shall be like the beauty of the fields. They will vanish— vanish like smoke.
But the wicked shall perish, And the enemies of Jehovah shall be as the fat of lambs: They shall consume; in smoke shall they consume away.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- But the
- Psalm 68:2; Psalm 92:9; Judges 5:31; Luke 13:3, 5; 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.
- Deuteronomy 33:14–16
- smoke
- Psalm 102:3; Genesis 19:28; Leviticus 3:3–11, 16; Deuteronomy 29:20; Hebrews 12:29