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Psalms 36:12
12Look! Those who do evil have fallen! They are thrown down, never to rise again.
Psalms 36:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.
- New International Version (NIV)See how the evildoers lie fallen— thrown down, not able to rise!
- English Standard Version (ESV)There the evildoers lie fallen; they are thrust down, unable to rise.
- New King James Version (NKJV)There the workers of iniquity have fallen; They have been cast down and are not able to rise.
Context of Psalms 36:12
10Pour out your unfailing love on those who love you; give justice to those with honest hearts. 11Don’t let the proud trample me or the wicked push me around. Look! Those who do evil have fallen! They are thrown down, never to rise again.
Read all of Psalms 36Psalms 36:12 word by word
שָׁ֣ם נָ֭פְלוּ פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן דֹּ֝ח֗וּ וְלֹא־יָ֥כְלוּ קֽוּם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 36:12
- Psalms 9:16The Lord is known for his justice. The wicked are trapped by their own deeds. Quiet Interlude
- Psalms 55:23But you, O God, will send the wicked down to the pit of destruction. Murderers and liars will die young, but I am trusting you to save me.
- Psalms 58:10The godly will rejoice when they see injustice avenged. They will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
- Psalms 64:7But God himself will shoot them with his arrows, suddenly striking them down.
- Judges 5:31“Lord, may all your enemies die like Sisera! But may those who love you rise like the sun in all its power!” Then there was peace in the land for forty years.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8in flaming fire, bringing judgment on those who don’t know God and on those who refuse to obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus.
- Revelation 15:4Who will not fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous deeds have been revealed.”
- Revelation 19:1After this, I heard what sounded like a vast crowd in heaven shouting, “Praise the Lord! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God.
- Psalms 1:5They will be condemned at the time of judgment. Sinners will have no place among the godly.
- Psalms 18:38I struck them down so they could not get up; they fell beneath my feet.
- Jeremiah 51:64Then say, ‘In this same way Babylon and her people will sink, never again to rise, because of the disasters I will bring upon her.’” This is the end of Jeremiah’s messages.
Commentaries on Psalms 36:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12There are the workers of iniquity fallen - There, in Babylon, are the workers of iniquity fallen, and so cast down that they shall not be able to rise. A prophecy of the destruction of the Babylonish empire by Cyrus. That it was destroyed, is an historical fact; that they were never able to recover their liberty, is also a fact; and that Babylon itself is now blotted out of the map of the universe, so that the site of it is no longer known, is confirmed…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12There are the workers of iniquity fallen - The meaning of this seems to be, that the psalmist saw his prayer answered already. He speaks as if that which he desired and had prayed for was already done, and as if he himself saw it. He was so certain that it would be done, he had such an assurance that his prayer would be answered, that he seemed, by faith, to see the events already occurring before his own eyes, and felt that he might speak of what he…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-12Verses 5-12 Men may shut up their compassion, yet, with God we shall find mercy. This is great comfort to all believers, plainly to be seen, and not to be taken away. God does all wisely and well; but what he does we know not now, it is time enough to know hereafter. God's loving-kindness is precious to the saints. They put themselves under his protection, and then are safe and easy. Gracious souls, though still desiring more of God, never desire more…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12The psalmist is sure that the chaos caused by the wicked (Psalm 36:1–4) will stop when they die.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. There--in the acting of violence, they are overthrown. A signal defeat.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 36
- 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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