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Psalms 37:36
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Then I passed by and noticed he was gone;I searched for him, but he could not be found.
But he passed away, and, behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
But he passed away, and behold, he was no more; though I sought him, he could not be found.
But he died and was gone; I looked for him, but he couldn't be found.
But then one passes by, and suddenly they have disappeared! I looked for them, but they could not be found.
Yet he passed away, and lo, he was no more; I sought him, but he could not be found.
Then he passed away, and behold, he was no more; I searched for him, but he could not be found.
But he passed away, and, behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Yet he passed away, and loe, he was gone, and I sought him, but he could not be founde.
Then he passed away, and behold, he was no more;I sought for him, but he could not be found.
yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.
Suddenly they disappeared! I looked, but they were gone and no longer there.
But I passed by again, and he was no longer there; I looked for him, but he could not be found.
but he passed away, and behold, he was not; and I sought him, but he was not found.
But then he was gone. I looked for him, but I could not find him.
Yet when I passed by, lo, he was not; yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Then he passed on and behold, he was not. And I sought him, but he could not be found.
yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not; and I looked for him, but he could not be found.
I myself haue sene the vngodly in greate power, & florishinge like a grene baye tre:
But one passed by, and, lo, he was not: Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
But he came to an end, and there was no sign of him; I made a search for him and he was not there.
But one passed by, and, lo, he was not; yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Yet he passed away, and loe he was not: yea, I sought him, but hee could not be found.
And he vanished away, so that he could be no more seene: I sought hym, but he coulde no where be founde.
Yet I passed by, and lo! he was not: and I sought him, but his place was not found.
But one passed by, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
And Y passide, and lo! he was not; Y souyte hym, and his place is not foundun.
But one passed by, and, look, he was not: Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Yet he passed away, and lo, he [was] not: yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Yet he passed away, [fn] and behold, he was no more;Indeed I sought him, but he could not be found.
But when I looked again, they were gone! Though I searched for them, I could not find them!
Then he passed away and was no more. I looked for him. But he could not be found.
Again I passed by, and they were no more; though I sought them, they could not be found.
Then I passed by, and lo! he had vanished! Yea I sought him, but he could not be found.
(36-36) And I passed by, and lo, he was not: and I sought him and his place was not found.
Again I passed by, and, lo, he was no more; though I sought him, he could not be found.
And he passeth away, and lo, he is not, And I seek him, and he is not found!
Then he passed away, and lo, he was no more; I sought for him, but he could not be found.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Psalms 37:10, Exodus 15:9, Exodus 15:10, Exodus 15:19, Job 20:5-29, Isaiah 10:16-19, Isaiah 10:33, Isaiah 10:34, Acts 12:22, Acts 12:23
Reciprocal: Judges 4:17 - fled Esther 5:12 - to morrow Esther 7:9 - Hang him thereon Job 4:20 - without Job 5:3 - taking Job 7:8 - The eye Job 7:21 - but I shall not be Job 8:16 - green Job 8:18 - he Job 19:10 - mine hope Job 20:9 - The eye Job 21:28 - Where Job 24:24 - are exalted Psalms 37:2 - General Psalms 37:9 - evildoers Psalms 52:5 - pluck Psalms 58:8 - pass Psalms 92:7 - it is that Proverbs 21:12 - wisely Proverbs 29:16 - but Isaiah 17:14 - at eveningtide Isaiah 41:12 - shalt seek Isaiah 51:13 - where is Jeremiah 31:15 - because Jeremiah 49:10 - he is not Jeremiah 49:25 - General Ezekiel 26:21 - though Ezekiel 27:36 - never shalt be any more Ezekiel 31:5 - his height Daniel 2:35 - no place Daniel 4:10 - a tree Daniel 11:4 - he shall stand Daniel 11:19 - but Luke 16:25 - thy good 1 Corinthians 1:28 - to bring James 1:10 - because James 1:11 - so Revelation 18:21 - and shall
Cross-References
Jacob continued to live in the land of Canaan, where his father had lived,
and this is the story of Jacob's family. Joseph, a young man of seventeen, took care of the sheep and goats with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's concubines. He brought bad reports to his father about what his brothers were doing.
When Joseph came up to his brothers, they ripped off his long robe with full sleeves.
and when some Midianite traders came by, the brothers pulled Joseph out of the well and sold him for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
They spent a long time in prison, and the captain assigned Joseph as their servant.
On the seventh day of the fifth month of the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia, Nebuzaradan, adviser to the king and commander of his army, entered Jerusalem.
On the seventh day of his banquet the king was drinking and feeling happy, so he called in the seven eunuchs who were his personal servants, Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas.
A foreigner who has joined the Lord 's people should not say, "The Lord will not let me worship with his people." A man who has been castrated should never think that because he cannot have children, he can never be part of God's people.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Yet he passed away,.... At once, on a sudden; either his riches and honour, which, in one hour, came to nought, by one providence or another; or he himself by death; in the midst of all his prosperity, and while blessing himself in it, his soul was required of him; and so the Targum is, "he ceased from the world"; he went out of it unawares: the laurel, or bay tree, very quickly grows old d;
and, lo, he [was] not; he was not reduced to nothing; he did not become a nonentity, though he might wish himself to be so; it being better for him if he had never been born; but he was not in the land of the living, in hell he lifted up his eyes;
yea, I sought him, but he could not be found; in the place where he formerly was, that knowing him no more; he could not be found on earth, from whence he was gone; nor in heaven, where no place is found for such wicked men; he was gone to his own place, as is said of Judas, and of whom Jerom interprets the whole of this passage.
d "Senescit velociter", Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 16. c. 44.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Yet 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 this, that the good man passes away and is not. That is true. But the meaning here is, that this occurs “so much more frequently” in the case of a wicked man, or that wickedness is followed so often in this life by the judgment of God in cutting him off, as to show that there is a moral government, and that that government is administered in favor of the righteous, or that it is an advantage in this life to be righteous. It cannot be meant that this is “universally” so here, but that this is the “general” rule, and that it is so constant as to show that God is on the side of virtue and religion.
And lo, he was not - He was no more; there was no longer any such person: The word “lo” implies that there was some degree of surprise, or that what had occurred was not looked for or expected. The observer had seen him in great power, flourishing, rich, honored; and, to his astonishment, he soon passed entirely away.
Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found - This is intended to “confirm” what had been just said, or to show how completely he had disappeared. It might be supposed, perhaps, that his removal was only temporary - that he was still somewhere upon the earth; but the psalmist says that after the most diligent search, he could not find him. He had disappeared entirely from among men.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 37:36. Yet 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.
