Psalm 34:16
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
The faceפְּנֵ֣י
(pe·nei)
6440: face, facesfrom panah
of the LORDיְ֭הוָה
(Yah·weh)
3068: the proper name of the God of Israelfrom havah
is against evildoers,בְּעֹ֣שֵׂי
(be·'o·sei)
6213a: do, makea prim. root
To cut offלְהַכְרִ֖ית
(le·hach·rit)
3772: to cut off, cut downa prim. root
the memoryזִכְרָֽם׃
(zich·ram.)
2143: remembrance, memorialfrom zakar
of them from the earth.מֵאֶ֣רֶץ
(me·'e·retz)
776: earth, landa prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
The face
paniym  (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
of the LORD
Yhovah  (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
is against them that do
`asah  (aw-saw')
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
evil
ra`  (rah)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
to cut off
karath  (kaw-rath')
to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant
the remembrance
zeker  (zay'-ker)
a memento, abstr. recollection (rarely if ever); by implication, commemoration -- memorial, memory, remembrance, scent.
of them from the earth
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The face of the LORD is against evildoers, To cut off the memory of them from the earth.

King James Bible
The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The face of the LORD is set against those who do what is evil, to erase all memory of them from the earth.

International Standard Version
The face of the LORD is set against those who do evil, and he will remove people's recollection of them from the earth.

NET Bible
But the LORD opposes evildoers and wipes out all memory of them from the earth.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The face of Lord Jehovah is against the evil, to blot out their remembrance from the Earth.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The LORD confronts those who do evil in order to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.

King James 2000 Bible
The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
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