Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
Parallel translations
- KJV Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
- BSB Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
- NKJV Depart from me, you evildoers, For I will keep the commandments of my God!
- NASB Leave me, you evildoers, So that I may comply with the commandments of my God.
- NLT Get out of my life, you evil-minded people, for I intend to obey the commands of my God.
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Cross-references · 9
- 1 Cor 15:33Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”
- Matt 7:23Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.’
- Ps 6:8Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for Yahweh has heard the voice of my weeping.
- Ps 26:5I hate the assembly of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked.
- Ps 139:19If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
- Ps 119:106I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.
- Matt 25:41Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;
- Ps 26:9Don’t gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men;
- Josh 24:15If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”
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