Psalms 31:17 — Compare Translations

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Let me not be put to shame, O Lord, or disappointed, for I am calling upon You; let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol (the place of the dead).

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Let me not be put to shame, O Lord, or disappointed, for I am calling upon You; let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol (the place of the dead).

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

O Lord, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

LORD, do not let me be disgraced when I call on you. Let the wicked be disgraced; let them be quiet in Sheol.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Jehovah, let me not be ashamed; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, let them be silent in Sheol.

English EASY 2024

Lord, do not let me become ashamed. I call to you for help. Cause evil people to become ashamed. Let them go to their graves and be silent there!

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Lord, I am praying to you. Don't let me be disappointed. The wicked are the ones who should be disappointed. Let them go to the grave in silence.

O LORD, let me not be put to shame, for I call upon you; let the wicked be put to shame; let them go silently to Sheol.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

I call to you, Lord; don't let me be disgraced. May the wicked be disgraced; may they go silently down to the world of the dead.

English God's Word - GW 1995

O Lord, I have called on you, so do not let me be put to shame, Let wicked people be put to shame. Let them be silent in the grave.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

LORD, do not let me be disgraced when I call on You. Let the wicked be disgraced; let them be silent in Sheol.

English KJV 1611

Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

English LSB

O Yahweh, let me not be put to shame, for I call upon You; Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Do not let me be ashamed, O Lord, for I have called upon You; let the wicked be ashamed, and let them go silently to Sheol.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Let me not be put to shame, O LORD, for I call upon You; Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your kindness.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

O LORD, do not let me be humiliated, for I call out to you! May evil men be humiliated! May they go wailing to the grave!

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Lord, I have cried out to you. Don't let me be put to shame. But let sinners be put to shame. Let them lie silent in the grave.

English NIV

Let me not be put to shame, O LORD, for I have cried out to you; but let the wicked be put to shame and lie silent in the grave.

English NKJ 1982

Do not let me be ashamed, O Lord, for I have called upon You; Let the wicked be ashamed; Let them be silent in the grave.

English NLT

Don't let me be disgraced, O LORD, for I call out to you for help. Let the wicked be disgraced; let them lie silent in the grave.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Do not let me be put to shame, O LORD, for I call on you; let the wicked be put to shame; let them go dumbfounded to Sheol.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

As I call upon you, let my shame and disgrace be replaced by your favor once again. But let shame and disgrace fall instead upon the wicked— those going to their own doom, drifting down in silence to the dust of death.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Let me not be put to shame, O Lord, for I call on thee; let the wicked be put to shame, let them go dumbfounded to Sheol.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Don't disgrace me, Lord, by not replying when I call to you for aid. But let the wicked be shamed by what they trust in; let them lie silently in their graves,

English Tyndale 1537

Let me not be confounded, O LORD, for I call upon thee: let the ungodly rather be put to confusion, and brought unto the hell.