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Psalms 69:28

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— May they be blotted out of the book of life And may they not be recorded with the righteous.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And, with the righteous, let them not be enrolled.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— They are blotted out of the book of life, And with the righteous are not written.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; and with the just let them not be written.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Let them be put out of the booke of life, neither let them be written with the righteous.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Let them bee blotted out of the booke of the liuing, and not be written with the righteous.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Let them be blotted out of thy book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and let them not be written with the righteous.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Let them be blotted 4229
{4229} Prime
מָחָה
machah
{maw-khaw'}
A primitive root; properly to stroke or rub; by implication to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), that is, grease or make fat; also to touch, that is, reach to.
z8735
<8735> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 1602
out of the book 5612
{5612} Prime
סֵפֶר
cepher
{say'-fer}
From H5608; properly writing (the art or a document); by implication a book.
x4480
(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
of the living, 2416
{2416} Prime
חַי
chay
{khah'-ee}
From H2421; alive; hence raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively.
and not x408
(0408) Complement
אַל
'al
{al}
A negative particle (akin to H3808); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing.
be written 3789
{3789} Prime
כָּתַב
kathab
{kaw-thab'}
A primitive root; to grave; by implication to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe).
z8735
<8735> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 1602
with x5973
(5973) Complement
עִם
`im
{eem}
From H6004; adverb or preposition, with (that is, in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English).
the righteous. 6662
{6662} Prime
צַדִּיק
tsaddiyq
{tsad-deek'}
From H6663; just.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 69:27-28.


Psalms 69:28

_ _ book of the living — or “life,” with the next clause, a figurative mode of representing those saved, as having their names in a register (compare Exodus 32:32; Isaiah 4:3).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 69:22-29.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 69:28

Living — Of eternal life.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 69:28

Let them be blotted out of the (x) book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

(x) They who seemed by their profession to have been written in your book, yet by their fruits prove the contrary, let them be known as reprobates.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
blotted:

Exodus 32:32-33 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. ... And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
Isaiah 65:16 That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.
Hosea 1:9 Then said [God], Call his name Loammi: for ye [are] not my people, and I will not be your [God].
Revelation 3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Revelation 22:19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and [from] the things which are written in this book.

be written:

Isaiah 4:3 And it shall come to pass, [that he that is] left in Zion, and [he that] remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, [even] every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:
Ezekiel 13:9 And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I [am] the Lord GOD.
Luke 10:20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
Philippians 4:3 And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and [with] other my fellowlabourers, whose names [are] in the book of life.
Hebrews 12:23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
Revelation 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Revelation 20:12-15 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. ... And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
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Ex 32:32. Is 4:3; 65:16. Ezk 13:9. Ho 1:9. Lk 10:20. Php 4:3. He 12:23. Rv 3:5; 13:8; 20:12; 22:19.

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