Psalms 34:14

King James Version (1611 Edition)

Depart from euill, and doe good: seeke peace and pursue it.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Turn away from evil and do what is good;seek peace and pursue it.

Hebrew Names Version
Depart from evil, and do good. Seek shalom, and pursue it.

King James Version
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

English Standard Version
Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

New Century Version
Stop doing evil and do good. Look for peace and work for it.

New English Translation
Turn away from evil and do what is right! Strive for peace and promote it!

Amplified Bible
Turn away from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it.

New American Standard Bible
Turn from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it.

World English Bible
Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Eschewe euill and doe good: seeke peace and followe after it.

Legacy Standard Bible
Depart from evil and do good;Seek peace and pursue it.

Berean Standard Bible
Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

Contemporary English Version
Do good instead of evil and try to live at peace.

Complete Jewish Bible
[If you do,] keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceiving talk;

Darby Translation
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

Easy-to-Read Version
Stop doing anything evil, and do good. Look for peace, and do all you can to help people live peacefully.

George Lamsa Translation
Depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

Good News Translation
Turn away from evil and do good; strive for peace with all your heart.

Lexham English Bible
Turn from evil and do good. Seek peace and pursue it.

Literal Translation
depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Let him eschue euell, and do good: Let him seke peace & ensue it.

American Standard Version
Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.

Bible in Basic English
Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Eschewe euill & do good: seeke peace and ensue it.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Turn away from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

English Revised Version
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Turne thou awei fro yuel, and do good; seke thou pees, and perfitli sue thou it.

Update Bible Version
Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.

Webster's Bible Translation
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

New King James Version
Depart from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it.

New Living Translation
Turn away from evil and do good. Search for peace, and work to maintain it.

New Life Bible
Turn away from what is sinful. Do what is good. Look for peace and follow it.

New Revised Standard
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Depart from wickedness and do good, Aim at well-being, and pursue it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(33-15) Turn away from evil and do good: seek after peace and pursue it.

Revised Standard Version
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

Young's Literal Translation
Turn aside from evil and do good, Seek peace and pursue it.

THE MESSAGE
Turn your back on sin; do something good. Embrace peace—don't let it get away!

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Depart from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it.

Contextual Overview

¹¹ Come yee children, hearken vnto me: I will teach you the feare of the Lord. ¹² What man is hee that desireth life; and loueth many dayes, that he may see good? ¹³ Keepe thy tongue from euill, and thy lippes from speaking guile. ¹⁴ Depart from euill, and doe good: seeke peace and pursue it. ¹⁵ The eies of the Lord are vpon the righteous; and his eares are open vnto their crie. ¹⁶ The face of the Lord is against them that doe euill; to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. ¹⁷ The righteous crie, and the Lord heareth; and deliuereth them out of all their troubles. ¹⁸ The Lord is nigh vnto them that are of a broken heart: and saueth such as be of a contrite spirit. ¹⁹ Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord deliuereth him out of them all. ²⁰ He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Depart: Psalms 37:27, Job 28:28, Proverbs 3:7, Proverbs 8:13, Proverbs 13:14, Proverbs 16:16, Proverbs 16:17, Isaiah 1:16, Isaiah 1:17, Romans 12:9, 2 Timothy 2:19, 1 Peter 3:11

do: Acts 10:38, Galatians 6:10, Titus 2:14, Hebrews 13:16, 3 John 1:11

seek: Psalms 120:7, Matthew 5:9, Romans 12:18, Romans 14:17, 2 Corinthians 13:11, 1 Thessalonians 4:11, Hebrews 12:14, James 3:17, James 3:18

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 29:8 - that I may not Job 1:8 - escheweth Psalms 97:10 - hate Proverbs 13:19 - depart Isaiah 56:2 - keepeth his Ezekiel 18:31 - Cast Amos 5:15 - Hate Mark 9:50 - have peace Romans 14:19 - follow 1 Timothy 6:11 - and

Cross-References

Genesis 17:11
And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskinne; and it shal be a token of the couenant betwixt me and you.

Genesis 17:14
And the vncircumcised man-child, whose flesh of his foreskinne is not circumcised, that soule shall be cut off from his people: hee hath broken my couenant.

Genesis 34:1
And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which shee bare vnto Iacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

Genesis 34:2
And when Shechem the sonne of Hamor the Hiuite, prince of the countrey saw her, he tooke her, and lay with her, and defiled her.

Genesis 34:9
And make ye mariages with vs, and giue your daughters vnto vs, and take our daughters vnto you.

1 Samuel 14:6
And Ionathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let vs goe ouer vnto the garison of these vncircumcised; it may be that the Lord will worke for vs: for there is no restraint to the Lord, to saue by many, or by few.

1 Samuel 17:26
And Dauid spake to the men that stood by him, saying; What shall bee done to the man that killeth this Philistine; and taketh away the reproch from Israel? For who is this vncircumcised Philistine, that he should defie the armies of the liuing God?

1 Samuel 17:36
Thy seruant slew both the Lyon and the Beare: and this vncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the liuing God.

2 Samuel 1:20
Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streetes of Askelon: lest the daughters of the Philistines reioyce, lest the daughters of the vncircumcised triumph.

2 Samuel 15:7
And it came to passe after fourtie yeeres, that Absalom said vnto the king, I pray thee, let mee goe and pay my vow which I haue vowed vnto the Lord in Hebron.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Depart from evil,.... This denotes that evil is near to men; it keeps close to them, and should be declined and shunned: and it regards all sorts of evil; evil men, and their evil company; evil things, evil words and works, and all appearance of evil; and the fear of the Lord shows itself in an hatred of it, and a departure from it, Proverbs 8:13;

and do good; not only acts of beneficence to all in necessitous circumstances, but every good work; whatever the word of God directs, or suggests should be done; and which should be done from right principles of faith and love, and to right ends, the glory of God, and the good of his interest; and Christ should be looked and applied unto for grace and strength to perform; all which are evidences of the true fear of God;

seek peace, and pursue it; in the world, and with all men, as much as possibly can be; in neighbourhoods, cities, and states, and in the churches of Christ, and with the saints, as well as with God through Christ; and which in every sense is to be pursued after with eagerness, and to be endeavoured for with diligence; see Romans 12:18.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Depart from evil - From all evil; from vice and crime in every form.

And do good - Do good to all people, and in all the relations of life.

Seek peace - Strive to live in peace with all the world. Compare the notes at Romans 12:18.

And pursue it - Follow after it. Make it an object of desire, and put forth constant efforts to live in peace with all human beings. There can be no doubt that this is appropriate advice to one who wishes to lengthen out his days. We have only to remember how many are cut down by indulging in a quarrelsome, litigious, and contentious spirit - by seeking revenge - by quarrels, duels, wars, and strife - to see the wisdom of this counsel.