Psalms 1:4

4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.

Psalms 1:4 in Other Translations

KJV
4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
ESV
4 The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
NLT
4 But not the wicked! They are like worthless chaff, scattered by the wind.
MSG
4 You're not at all like the wicked, who are mere windblown dust -
CSB
4 The wicked are not like this; instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.

Psalms 1:4 In-Context

2 but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night.
3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers.
4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6 For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Job 13:25; Isaiah 40:24; Jeremiah 13:24; Job 21:18; Isaiah 17:13
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