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Psalms 34:16

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— The face of the LORD is against evildoers, To cut off the memory of them from the earth.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— The face of the LORD [is] against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— The face of the LORD [is] against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth:
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— The face of Yahweh, is against such as do wickedness, To cut off, from the earth, their memory.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— (The face of Jehovah [is] on doers of evil, To cut off from earth their memorial.)
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— But the countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil things: to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— But the face of the Lord is against them that doe euill, to cut off their remembrance from the earth.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— The face of the LORD [is] against them that doe euill; to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to destroy their memorial from the earth. The righteous cried, and the Lord hearkened to them,
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— The face of Yahweh [is] against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
The face 6440
{6440} Prime
פָּנִים
paniym
{paw-neem'}
Plural (but always used as a singular) of an unused noun (פָּנֶה paneh, {paw-neh'}; from H6437); 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 Yähwè יָהוֶה 3068
{3068} Prime
יְהֹוָה
Y@hovah
{yeh-ho-vaw'}
From H1961; (the) self Existent or eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.
[is] against them that do 6213
{6213} Prime
עָשָׂה
`asah
{aw-saw'}
A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.
z8802
<8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386
evil, 7451
{7451} Prime
רָע
ra`
{rah}
From H7489; bad or (as noun) evil (naturally or morally). This includes the second (feminine) form; as adjective or noun.
to cut off 3772
{3772} Prime
כָּרַת
karath
{kaw-rath'}
A primitive root; to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication to destroy or consume; specifically to covenant (that is, make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces).
z8687
<8687> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Infinitive (See H8812)
Count - 1162
the remembrance 2143
{2143} Prime
זֵכֶר
zeker
{zay'-ker}
From H2142; a memento, abstractly recollection (rarely if ever); by implication commemoration.
of them from the earth. 776
{0776} Prime
אֶרֶץ
'erets
{eh'-rets}
From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land).
x4480
(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Psalms 34:16

_ _ face ... against — opposed to them (Leviticus 17:10; Leviticus 20:3).

_ _ cut off the remembrance — utterly destroy (Psalms 109:13).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 34:11-22.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 34:16

The face — His anger, which discovers itself in the face.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 34:16

The (k) face of the LORD [is] against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

(k) The anger of God not only destroys the wicked, but also abolishes their name forever.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
face:

Leviticus 17:10 And whatsoever man [there be] of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
Leviticus 26:17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
Jeremiah 44:11 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.
Ezekiel 14:7-8 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself: ... And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.
Amos 9:4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

to cut:

Psalms 10:16 The LORD [is] King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
Job 18:17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
Proverbs 10:7 The memory of the just [is] blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Ecclesiastes 8:10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this [is] also vanity.
Jeremiah 17:13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, [and] they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Lv 17:10; 26:17. Jb 18:17. Ps 10:16. Pv 10:7. Ec 8:10. Jr 17:13; 44:11. Ezk 14:7. Am 9:4.

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