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Psalms 37:35
35I have seen cruel, wicked people become very powerful, like trees that grow well in good soil.
Psalms 37:35 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
- New International Version (NIV)I have seen a wicked and ruthless man flourishing like a luxuriant native tree,
- English Standard Version (ESV)I have seen a wicked, ruthless man, spreading himself like a green laurel tree.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a native green tree.
Context of Psalms 37:35
33But the Lord will not leave his righteous people, so that their enemies have power over them. When evil people accuse them, the Lord will show that they are not guilty. 34Be patient and continue to trust the Lord. Obey his commands. Then he will give you honour, so that you live safely in the land. You will see that the Lord destroys wicked people. I have seen cruel, wicked people become very powerful, like trees that grow well in good soil. 36But soon after that, I see that they have disappeared! I looked for them, but I could not find them anywhere. 37Think about people who are honest and who do what is right. Those who help people to live in peace will live to enjoy their children.
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רָ֭אִיתִי רָשָׁ֣ע עָרִ֑יץ וּ֝מִתְעָרֶ֗ה כְּאֶזְרָ֥ח רַעֲנָֽן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 37:35
- Psalms 73:3When I saw that wicked people had plenty of things, I was jealous of those proud people.
- Esther 5:11Haman told them how rich he was, and how many sons he had. He told them of all the things that the king had done to give him great honour. He told them that he was now more important than all the king's other rulers and officers.
- Job 5:3I have seen fools who seemed to be successful. But suddenly a curse destroyed their homes.
- Job 21:7Why do wicked people continue to live for a long time? The older they become, the more power they have.
- Isaiah 14:14I will go up above the tops of the clouds. I will become like the Most High God.”
- Job 8:13People who turn away from God are like those plants. Their hope quickly disappears.
- Ezekiel 31:6All kinds of birds built their nests among its leaves. Under its branches, the wild animals gave birth. All the great nations lived in its shade.
- Daniel 4:20You saw a tree that grew very tall and strong until its top touched the sky. Everyone in the world could see it.
Commentaries on Psalms 37:35
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 35I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree - Does not this refer to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and to the vision he had of the great tree which was in the midst of the earth, the head of which reached up to heaven? See Daniel 4:10, etc.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 35I have seen - I have had an opportunity, in my long life Psalm 37:25, of witnessing the accuracy of the statement just made, that a righteous man may live to see a confirmation of the truth that wickedness, however prosperous the wicked man may be, will lead to ultimate ruin - as I have had an opportunity of seeing Psalm 37:25-26 the effect of a course of righteousness on the ultimate prosperity and happiness of its possessor. The same experience, with…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 34-40Verses 34-40 Duty is ours, and we must mind it; but events are God's, we must refer the disposal of them to him. What a striking picture is in ver. #(35-36), of many a prosperous enemy of God! But God remarkably blights the projects of the prosperous wicked, especially persecutors. None are perfect in themselves, but believers are so in Christ Jesus. If all the saint's days continue dark and cloudy, his dying day may prove comfortable, and his sun set…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 35-36The wicked might appear to be flourishing like a tree (compare Psalm 52:8; 92:12–13), but they eventually die and are forgotten (Psalm 37:2).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 35-3635-36. of which a picture is given, under the figure of a flourishing tree (compare Margin), which soon withers.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 37
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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