Tree of Life Version
Psalms 37:10
10Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, you will look at his place, but he will not be there.
Psalms 37:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
- New International Version (NIV)A little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.
- English Standard Version (ESV)In just a little while, the wicked will be no more; though you look carefully at his place, he will not be there.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; Indeed, you will look carefully for his place, But it shall be no more.
Context of Psalms 37:10
8Put away anger and turn from wrath. Do not fret—it only leads to doing evil. 9For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for Adonai— they will inherit the land. Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, you will look at his place, but he will not be there. 11But the meek will inherit the land, and delight in abundant shalom. 12The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes at him with his teeth.
Read all of Psalms 37Psalms 37:10 word by word
וְע֣וֹד מְ֭עַט וְאֵ֣ין רָשָׁ֑ע וְהִתְבּוֹנַ֖נְתָּ עַל־מְקוֹמ֣וֹ וְאֵינֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 37:10
- Psalms 73:18Surely You put them in slippery places. You hurled them down to destruction.
- Job 24:24They are exalted for a little while and then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others, they are like heads of grain they wither.
- Hebrews 10:36For you need perseverance so that, after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.
- 1 Peter 4:7Now the end of all things is near. So be self-controlled and sober-minded for prayer.
- Revelation 6:10And they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “O Sovereign Master, holy and true, how long before You judge those who dwell on the earth and avenge our blood?”
- Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a leafy tree in native soil.
- Psalms 49:10Will he live forever— and never see the Pit?
- Psalms 103:16but when the wind blows over it, it is gone, and its place is no longer known.
- Job 7:10he will never return to his house, his place does not know him.
- Job 14:10But man dies and is powerless. Man expires—and where is he?
- Job 20:8Like a dream, he flies away and they cannot find him; like a vision of the night, he is chased away.
- Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You fool! Tonight your soul is being demanded back from you! And what you have prepared, whose will that be?’
- Luke 16:27“Then the rich man said, ‘I beg you then, Father Abraham, send Lazarus to my father’s house!
- Psalms 52:5You love evil instead of good, lying rather than speaking right. Selah
- Psalms 58:10Even before your pots can feel a thorn —whether alive or ablaze— He will sweep the wicked away.
- Psalms 107:42The upright see it and are glad, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.
Commentaries on Psalms 37:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be - A prediction of the destruction of Babylon. This empire was now in its splendor; and the captives lived to see it totally overturned by Cyrus, so that even the shadow of its power did not remain. Thou shalt diligently consider his place - ואיננו veeynennu, and he is not. The ruler is killed; the city is taken; and the whole empire is overthrown, in one night! And now even the place where Babylon stood…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be - The thee will soon come when they shall pass away. The language “shall not be” cannot mean that they will cease to exist altogether, for the connection does not demand this interpretation. All that is intended is that they would be no longer on the earth; they would no longer live to give occasion for anxious thoughts and troubled feelings in the hearts of good people. Yea, thou shalt diligently…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-20Verses 7-20 Let us be satisfied that God will make all to work for good to us. Let us not discompose ourselves at what we see in this world. A fretful, discontented spirit is open to many temptations. For, in all respects, the little which is allotted to the righteous, is more comfortable and more profitable than the ill-gotten and abused riches of ungodly men. It comes from a hand of special love. God provides plentifully and well, not only for his…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-11The wicked will not possess the land; those who trust in the Lord will. The Lord promises an inheritance because he is committed to caring for his people.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1110-11. shall not be--literally, "is not"--is not to be found.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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