King James Version

Psalms 34:21

Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 34:22.

תְּמוֹתֵ֣תtemotetdieמוּתverb, polel, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “die”, an unfinished actionH4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill[idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) w…רָשָׁ֣עrashaguiltyרָשָׁעadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.רָעָ֑הraahbadרַעnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “bad”, the ordinary formH7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery…וְשֹׂנְאֵ֖יvesoneeand hateשָׂנֵאconjunction, verb, qal, participle, construct — “and hate”, a verb used as a describing wordH8130to hate (personally)enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, [idiom] utterly.צַדִּ֣יקtsadiqjustצַדִּיקadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “just”, the ordinary formH6662justjust, lawful, righteous (man).יֶאְשָֽׁמוּyeshamvbe desolateאָשַׁםverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “be desolate”, an unfinished actionH816to be guilty; by implication to be punished or perish[idiom] certainly, be(-come, made) desolate, destroy, [idiom] greatly, be(-come, found, hold) guilty, offend (acknowledge offence), trespass.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(34-22) Evil shall kill the wicked; and they that hate the righteous shall be held guilty.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Evil shall slay the wicked; And they that hate the righteous shall be condemned.

Young’s Literal Translation

Evil doth put to death the wicked, And those hating the righteous are desolate.

World English Bible

Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.

Darby Translation

Evil shall destroy the wicked; and they that hate the righteous shall bear their guilt.

Douay-Rheims

And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said: Well done, well done, our eyes have seen it.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(34-22) Evil shall kill the wicked; and they that hate the righteous shall be held guilty.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The death of sinners is evil: and they that hate righteousness will go wrong.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Θάνατος ἁμαρτωλῶν πονηρὸς, καὶ οἱ μισοῦντες τὸ δίκαιον πλημμελήσουσι.