Psalms 1:4
| NET© | Not so with the wicked! Instead 1 they are like wind-driven chaff. 2 |
| NIV© | Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. |
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| NASB© | The wicked are not so, But they are like chaff which the wind drives away. |
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| NLT© | But this is not true of the wicked. They are like worthless chaff, scattered by the wind. |
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| MSG© | You're not at all like the wicked, who are mere windblown dust-- |
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| BBE© | The evil-doers are not so; but are like the dust from the grain, which the wind takes away. |
| SABDAweb Psa 1:4 | |
| NRSV© | The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. |
| bibleoremus Psa 1:4 | |
| NKJV© | The ungodly are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind drives away. |
| biblegateway Psa 1:4 | |
| KJV | The ungodly <07563> [are] not so: but [are] like the chaff <04671> which the wind <07307> driveth away <05086> (8799). |
| NASB© | The wicked <07563> are not so <03651>, But they are like chaff <04671> which <0834> the wind <07307> drives <05086> away <05086>. |
| Hebrew | <07307> xwr <05086> wnpdt <0834> rsa <04671> Umk <0518> Ma <03588> yk <07563> Myesrh <03651> Nk <03808> al |
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| NET© | Not so with the wicked! Instead 1 they are like wind-driven chaff. 2 |
| NET© Notes |
1 tn Here the Hebrew expression כִּי־אִם (ki-’im, “instead,” cf. v. 2) introduces a contrast between the prosperity of the godly depicted in v. 3 and the destiny of the wicked described in v. 4. 2 tn Heb “[they are] like the chaff which [the] wind blows about.” The Hebrew imperfect verbal form draws attention to the typical nature of the action described. sn Wind-driven chaff. In contrast to the well-rooted and productive tree described in v. 3, the wicked are like a dried up plant that has no root system and is blown away by the wind. The simile describes the destiny of the wicked (see vv. 5-6). |
