Psalms 37:36

Psalms 37:36 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
• New International Version (NIV)but he soon passed away and was no more; though I looked for him, he could not be found.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But he passed away, and behold, he was no more; though I sought him, he could not be found.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Yet he passed away, and behold, he was no more; Indeed I sought him, but he could not be found.

Context of Psalms 37:36

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. 35I have seen cruel, wicked people become very powerful, like trees that grow well in good soil. But 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. 38But God will destroy people that turn against him. Evil people will not have descendants.

Psalms 37:36 word by word

וַ֭יַּֽעֲבֹר וְהִנֵּ֣ה אֵינֶ֑נּוּ וָֽ֝אֲבַקְשֵׁ֗הוּ וְלֹ֣א נִמְצָֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Yet he passed awayעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• not: yea, I soughtבָּקַשׁbâqash · to seekH1245
• him, but he could not be foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672

Cross-references for Psalms 37:36

• Psalms 37:10Evil people will soon be gone. You may look for them, but you will not find them.
• Exodus 15:9The enemy said, “We will go after them. We will catch them. We will destroy them with our swords. We will do whatever we want to them. We will take all their valuable things for ourselves.”
• Job 20:5You know that a wicked person is only happy for a short time. His joy continues only for a moment.
• Isaiah 10:16So the Lord, the Almighty Lord, will punish Assyria's soldiers. They are now fat and healthy, but they will become thin! It will be like a fire that burns them, with all their proud strength.
• Acts 12:22When he spoke, the people shouted, ‘This is not a man who is speaking to us. This is the voice of a god!’

Commentaries on Psalms 37:36

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 36Yet he passed away - Both Nebuchadnezzar and his wicked successor, Belshazzar; and on the destruction of the latter, when God had weighed him in the balance, and found him wanting, numbered his days, and consigned him to death, his kingdom was delivered to the Medes and Persians; and thus the Babylonian empire was destroyed.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 36Yet he passed away - Compare the notes at Job 20:5. The allusion here, of course, is to the man, and not to the tree, though the grammatical construction might refer to either. The idea is that he passed out of view - “he was gone;” he had no permanent abode on earth, but with all his pomp and splendor he had disappeared. Neither his prosperity, his greatness, nor his wealth, could secure him a permanent abode on earth. It might be said, also, in reply to…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

Topics related to Psalms 37:36

• Death
• Happiness
• Wicked (People)

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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