New English Translation
Psalms 37:35
35I have seen ruthless evil men growing in influence, like a green tree grows 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
33But the Lord does not surrender the godly, or allow them to be condemned in a court of law. 34Rely on the Lord! Obey his commands! Then he will permit you to possess the land; you will see the demise of evil men. I have seen ruthless evil men growing in influence, like a green tree grows in its native soil. 36But then one passes by, and suddenly they have disappeared! I looked for them, but they could not be found. 37Take note of the one who has integrity! Observe the godly! For the one who promotes peace has a future.
Read all of Psalms 37Psalms 37:35 word by word
רָ֭אִיתִי רָשָׁ֣ע עָרִ֑יץ וּ֝מִתְעָרֶ֗ה כְּאֶזְרָ֥ח רַעֲנָֽן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 37:35
- Psalms 73:3For I envied those who are proud, as I observed the prosperity of the wicked.
- Esther 5:11Haman then recounted to them his fabulous wealth, his many sons, and how the king had magnified him and exalted him over the king’s other officials and servants.
- Job 5:3I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his place of residence.
- Job 21:7“Why do the wicked go on living, grow old, even increase in power?
- Isaiah 14:14I will climb up to the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High!”
- Job 8:13Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless perishes,
- Ezekiel 31:6All the birds of the sky nested in its boughs; under its branches all the beasts of the field gave birth, in its shade all the great nations lived.
- Daniel 4:20The tree that you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached to the sky, and which could be seen in all the land,
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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