Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
New American Standard Bible
And may they not be
King James Version
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
Holman Bible
and not be recorded with the righteous.
International Standard Version
May they be erased from the Book of Life, and their names not be written with the righteous.
A Conservative Version
Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
American Standard Version
Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous.
Amplified
May they be blotted out of the book of life [and their lives come to an end]
And may they not be recorded with the righteous (those in right standing with God).
Bible in Basic English
Let their names be taken from the book of the living, let them not be numbered with the upright.
Julia Smith Translation
They shall be wiped off from the book of the living, and with the just they shall not be written.
King James 2000
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Let them be blotted out of [the] book of [the] living, and let them not be recorded with [the] righteous.
Modern King James verseion
Let them be blotted out of the Book of Life, and not be written with the righteous.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let them be wiped out of the book of the living, and not be written among the righteous.
NET Bible
May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! Do not let their names be listed with the godly!
New Heart English Bible
Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
The Emphasized Bible
Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And, with the righteous, let them not be enrolled.
Webster
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
World English Bible
Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
Youngs Literal Translation
They are blotted out of the book of life, And with the righteous are not written.
Themes
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 69:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Plea For Rescue
27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity, and let them not come into thy righteousness. 28 Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous. 29 But I am afflicted and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me secure on high.
Cross References
Ezekiel 13:9
And my hand shall be against the prophets that see vanity and that divine lies: they shall not be in the council of my people, neither shall they be written in the register of the house of Israel, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.
Luke 10:20
Yet in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subjected to you, but rejoice that your names are written in the heavens.
Philippians 4:3
yea, I ask thee also, true yokefellow, assist them, who have contended along with me in the glad tidings, with Clement also, and my other fellow-labourers, whose names are in the book of life.
Exodus 32:32-33
And now, if thou wilt forgive their sin ... but if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book that thou hast written.
Hebrews 12:23
the universal gathering; and to the assembly of the firstborn who are registered in heaven; and to God, judge of all; and to the spirits of just men made perfect;
Revelation 3:5
He that overcomes, he shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot his name out of the book of life, and will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.
Revelation 13:8
and all that dwell on the earth shall do it homage, every one whose name had not been written from the founding of the world in the book of life of the slain Lamb.
Isaiah 4:3
And it shall come to pass that he who remaineth in Zion, and he that is left in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem;
Isaiah 65:16
so that he who blesseth himself in the land shall bless himself by the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the land shall swear by the God of truth: because the former troubles shall be forgotten, and because they shall be hidden from mine eyes.
Hosea 1:9
and he said, Call his name Lo-ammi; for ye are not my people, and I will not be for you.
Revelation 20:12-15
And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is that of life. And the dead were judged out of the things written in the books according to their works.
Revelation 22:19
And if any one take from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.