New American Standard Bible 2020
Psalms 37:35
35I have 1seen a wicked, violent person Spreading himself like a 2luxuriant 3tree in its native 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
33The Lord will not leave him in his hand Or let him be condemned when he is judged. 34Wait for the Lord and keep His way, And He will exalt you to inherit the land; When the wicked are eliminated, you will see it. I have seen a wicked, violent person Spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil. 36Then he passed away, and behold, he was no more; I searched for him, but he could not be found. 37Observe the blameless person, and look at the upright; For the person of peace will have a future.
Read all of Psalms 37Psalms 37:35 word by word
רָ֭אִיתִי רָשָׁ֣ע עָרִ֑יץ וּ֝מִתְעָרֶ֗ה כְּאֶזְרָ֥ח רַעֲנָֽן׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 37:35
- Psalms 73:3For I was envious of the arrogant As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- Esther 5:11Then Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and his many sons, and every occasion on which the king had honored him and how he had promoted him above the officials and servants of the king.
- Job 5:3I have seen the fool taking root, And I cursed his home immediately.
- Job 21:7Why do the wicked still live, Grow old, and also become very powerful?
- Isaiah 14:14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’
- Job 8:13So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the godless will perish,
- Ezekiel 31:6All the birds of the sky nested in its twigs, And under its branches all the animals of the field gave birth, And all great nations lived under its shade.
- Daniel 4:20The tree that you saw, which became large and grew strong, whose height reached to the sky and was visible to all the earth,
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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