KJV King James Version
As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: [but] peace [shall be] upon Israel.
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Psalm 125:5
As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: [but] peace [shall be] upon Israel.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
WEB World English Bible
But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, Yahweh will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be on Israel.
ASV American Standard Version
But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
As to those turning to their crooked ways, Jehovah causeth them to go with workers of iniquity. Peace on Israel!
Surrounding context — Psalm 125
2 [As] the mountains [are] round about Jerusalem, so the LORD [is] round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
4 Do good, O LORD, unto [those that be] good, and to [them that are] upright in their hearts.
5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: [but] peace [shall be] upon Israel.
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וְהַמַּטִּ֤יםH5186 · na.tahto stretchעַֽקַלְקַלּוֹתָ֗םH6128 · a.qal.qalcrookedיוֹלִיכֵ֣םH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentיְ֭הוָהH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֶת־H854 · etwithפֹּעֲלֵ֣יH6466 · pa.alto workהָאָ֑וֶןH205 · a.venevil: wickednessשָׁ֝ל֗וֹםH7965 · sha.lompeaceעַל־H5921 · aluponיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃H3478 · yis.ra.elIsrael
Cross-references
Isaiah 59:8The way of peace they know not; and [there is] no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.Proverbs 2:15Whose ways [are] crooked, and [they] froward in their paths:Psalm 128:6Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, [and] peace upon Israel.Galatians 6:16And as many as walk according to this rule, peace [be] on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.Psalm 40:4Blessed [is] that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.Matthew 7:23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.John 14:27Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.Psalm 101:3I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; [it] shall not cleave to me.Philippians 2:15That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;1 Chronicles 10:13-14So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, [even] against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking [counsel] of [one that had] a familiar spirit, to inquire [of it];1 Peter 1:2Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.Psalm 92:7When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; [it is] that they shall be destroyed for ever:Job 23:11My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.Proverbs 14:14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.Jeremiah 2:19Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that [it is] an evil [thing] and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear [is] not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.Hebrews 10:38Now the just shall live by faith: but if [any man] draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.Matthew 24:48-51But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;Ezekiel 37:26Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
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