King James Version

Psalms 37:38

But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

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וּֽ֭פֹשְׁעִיםufosheimand offendפָּשַׁעconjunction, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “and offend”, a verb used as a describing wordH6586to break away (from just authority), i.e. trespass, apostatize, quarreloffend, rebel, revolt, transgress(-ion, -or).נִשְׁמְד֣וּnishmedvdestoryשָׁמַדverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “destory”, a completed actionH8045to desolatedestory(-uction), bring to nought, overthrow, perish, pluck down, [idiom] utterly.יַחְדָּ֑וyachdavalikeיַחַדadverb — “alike”H3162properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedlyalike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-) together, withal.אַחֲרִ֖יתacharitendאַחֲרִיתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “end”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH319the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity(last, latter) end (time), hinder (utter) -most, length, posterity, remnant, residue, reward.רְשָׁעִ֣יםreshaimguiltyרָשָׁעadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.נִכְרָֽתָהnikhratahcovenantכָּרַתverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “covenant”, a completed actionH3772to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

But transgressors shall be destroyed together; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.

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American Standard Version (1901)

As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together: The end of the wicked shall be cut off.

Young’s Literal Translation

And transgressors were destroyed together, The latter end of the wicked was cut off.

World English Bible

As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off.

Darby Translation

but the transgressors shall be destroyed together; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

But transgressors shall be destroyed together; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But the transgressors shall be utterly destroyed together: the remnants of the ungodly shall be utterly destroyed.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οἱ δὲ παράνομοι ἐξολοθρευθήσονται ἐπιτοαυτὸ, τὰ ἐγκαταλείμματα τῶν ἀσεβῶν ἐξολοθρευθήσονται·