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

34Put your hope in the Lord. Travel steadily along his path. He will honor you by giving you the land. You will see the wicked destroyed. 35I have seen wicked and ruthless people flourishing like a tree in its native soil. But when I looked again, they were gone! Though I searched for them, I could not find them! 37Look at those who are honest and good, for a wonderful future awaits those who love peace. 38But the rebellious will be destroyed; they have no future.

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 37:10Soon the wicked will disappear. Though you look for them, they will be gone.
• Exodus 15:9“The enemy boasted, ‘I will chase them and catch up with them. I will plunder them and consume them. I will flash my sword; my powerful hand will destroy them.’
• Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been short lived and the joy of the godless has been only temporary?
• Isaiah 10:16Therefore, the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, will send a plague among Assyria’s proud troops, and a flaming fire will consume its glory.
• Acts 12:22The people gave him a great ovation, shouting, “It’s the voice of a god, not of a man!”

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)

In the dictionaries

• Cease
• Commit
• Consume
• Cut
• Forsake
• Mark
• Poetry
• Trust
• Wisdom
• Wise

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