Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

American Standard Version (ASV)

When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

When the sinners come up like the grass, and all the workers of evil do well for themselves, it is so that their end may be eternal destruction.

Darby English Bible (DBY)

When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is that they may be destroyed for ever.

Webster's Bible (WBT)

A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

World English Bible (WEB)

Though the wicked spring up as the grass, And all the evil-doers flourish, They will be destroyed forever.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity -- For their being destroyed for ever and ever!