King James Version

Psalms 69:28

Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 69:29.

יִ֭מָּחֽוּyimachvreach untoמָחָהverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “reach unto”, an unfinished actionH4229properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e. grease or make fat; also to touch, i.e. reach toabolish, blot out, destroy, full of marrow, put out, reach unto, [idiom] utterly, wipe (away, out).מִסֵּ֣פֶרmiseferfrom bookסֵפֶרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “from book”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5612properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a bookbill, book, evidence, [idiom] learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.חַיִּ֑יםchayimlifeחַיadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “life”, the ordinary formH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.וְעִ֥םveimand withעִםconjunction, preposition — “and with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).צַ֝דִּיקִ֗יםtsadiqimjustצַדִּיקadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “just”, the ordinary formH6662justjust, lawful, righteous (man).אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.יִכָּתֵֽבוּyikatevvdescribeכָּתַבverb, niphal, jussive, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “describe”, a wish or indirect commandH3789to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(69-29) Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous.

Young’s Literal Translation

They are blotted out of the book of life, And with the righteous are not written.

World English Bible

Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.

Darby Translation

Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(69-29) Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and let them not be written with the righteous.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐξαλειφθήτωσαν ἐκ βίβλου ζώντων, καὶ μετὰ δικαίων μὴ γραφήτωσαν.