Psalms 101:8

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.

Complete Jewish Bible:

Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, cutting off all evildoers from the city of ADONAI.

Berean Standard Bible:

Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.

American Standard Version:

Morning by morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land; To cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of Jehovah.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

I will early{H1242} destroy{H6789} all the wicked{H7563} of the land{H776}; that I may cut off{H3772} all wicked{H205} doers{H6466} from the city{H5892} of the LORD{H3068}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Psalms 75:10

  • All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; [but] the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

Jeremiah 21:12

  • O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver [him that is] spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench [it], because of the evil of your doings.

Proverbs 16:12

  • ¶ [It is] an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.

Proverbs 20:8

  • ¶ A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

Psalms 48:8

  • ¶ As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.

Psalms 46:4

  • [There is] a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy [place] of the tabernacles of the most High.

Proverbs 20:26

  • ¶ A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.

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Commentary for Psalms 101:8

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H1242
    There are 189 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בֹּקֶר
    Transliteration: bôqer
    Pronunciation: bo'-ker
    Description: from בָּקַר; properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning; ([phrase]) day, early, morning, morrow.
  2. Strong's Number: H6789
    There are 14 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: צָמַת
    Transliteration: tsâmath
    Pronunciation: tsaw-math'
    Description: a primitive root; to extirpate (literally or figuratively); consume, cut off, destroy, vanish.
  3. Strong's Number: H7563
    There are 249 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: רָשָׁע
    Transliteration: râshâʻ
    Pronunciation: raw-shaw'
    Description: from רָשַׁע; morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person; [phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
  4. Strong's Number: H776
    There are 2739 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֶרֶץ
    Transliteration: ʼerets
    Pronunciation: eh'-rets
    Description: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
  5. Strong's Number: H3772
    There are 280 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: כָּרַת
    Transliteration: kârath
    Pronunciation: kaw-rath'
    Description: a primitive root; to 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.
  6. Strong's Number: H205
    There are 101 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אָוֶן
    Transliteration: ʼâven
    Pronunciation: aw-ven'
    Description: from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught); strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol; affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain, vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare אַיִן.
  7. Strong's Number: H6466
    There are 55 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: פָּעַל
    Transliteration: pâʻal
    Pronunciation: paw-al'
    Description: a primitive root; to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise; commit, (evil-) do(-er), make(-r), ordain, work(-er).
  8. Strong's Number: H5892
    There are 937 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עִיר
    Transliteration: ʻîyr
    Pronunciation: eer
    Description: or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from עוּר; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post); Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
  9. Strong's Number: H3068
    There are 5521 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יְהֹוָה
    Transliteration: Yᵉhôvâh
    Pronunciation: yeh-ho-vaw'
    Description: from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.