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Psalms 37:36

(36-36) And I passed by, and lo, he was not: and I sought him and his place was not found.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Death;   Happiness;   Wicked (People);   Thompson Chain Reference - Death;   Dying;   Life-Death;   Man;   Transient, the Things That Are;   Transient-Enduring;   Wicked, the;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Happiness of the Wicked, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Letters;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Providence;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Patience;   Salvation;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acrostic;   English Versions;   Estate;   Ethics;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Sin;   Wealth;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lamentations of jeremiah;   Psalms the book of;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Bay-Tree;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Eschatology of the Old Testament (with Apocryphal and Apocalyptic Writings);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - God;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for January 20;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then I passed by and noticed he was gone;I searched for him, but he could not be found.
Hebrew Names Version
But he passed away, and, behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.
King James Version
Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
English Standard Version
But he passed away, and behold, he was no more; though I sought him, he could not be found.
New Century Version
But he died and was gone; I looked for him, but he couldn't be found.
New English Translation
But then one passes by, and suddenly they have disappeared! I looked for them, but they could not be found.
Amplified Bible
Yet he passed away, and lo, he was no more; I sought him, but he could not be found.
New American Standard Bible
Then he passed away, and behold, he was no more; I searched for him, but he could not be found.
World English Bible
But he passed away, and, behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Yet he passed away, and loe, he was gone, and I sought him, but he could not be founde.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then he passed away, and behold, he was no more;I sought for him, but he could not be found.
Berean Standard Bible
yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.
Contemporary English Version
Suddenly they disappeared! I looked, but they were gone and no longer there.
Complete Jewish Bible
But I passed by again, and he was no longer there; I looked for him, but he could not be found.
Darby Translation
but he passed away, and behold, he was not; and I sought him, but he was not found.
Easy-to-Read Version
But then he was gone. I looked for him, but I could not find him.
George Lamsa Translation
Yet when I passed by, lo, he was not; yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Good News Translation
but later I passed by, and he wasn't there; I looked for him, but couldn't find him.
Lexham English Bible
Then he passed on and behold, he was not. And I sought him, but he could not be found.
Literal Translation
yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not; and I looked for him, but he could not be found.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I myself haue sene the vngodly in greate power, & florishinge like a grene baye tre:
American Standard Version
But one passed by, and, lo, he was not: Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Bible in Basic English
But he came to an end, and there was no sign of him; I made a search for him and he was not there.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But one passed by, and, lo, he was not; yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
King James Version (1611)
Yet he passed away, and loe he was not: yea, I sought him, but hee could not be found.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he vanished away, so that he could be no more seene: I sought hym, but he coulde no where be founde.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Yet I passed by, and lo! he was not: and I sought him, but his place was not found.
English Revised Version
But one passed by, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y passide, and lo! he was not; Y souyte hym, and his place is not foundun.
Update Bible Version
But one passed by, and, look, he was not: Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Webster's Bible Translation
Yet he passed away, and lo, he [was] not: yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.
New King James Version
Yet he passed away, [fn] and behold, he was no more;Indeed I sought him, but he could not be found.
New Living Translation
But when I looked again, they were gone! Though I searched for them, I could not find them!
New Life Bible
Then he passed away and was no more. I looked for him. But he could not be found.
New Revised Standard
Again I passed by, and they were no more; though I sought them, they could not be found.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then I passed by, and lo! he had vanished! Yea I sought him, but he could not be found.
Revised Standard Version
Again I passed by, and, lo, he was no more; though I sought him, he could not be found.
Young's Literal Translation
And he passeth away, and lo, he is not, And I seek him, and he is not found!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then he passed away, and lo, he was no more; I sought for him, but he could not be found.

Contextual Overview

34 (36-34) Expect the Lord and keep his way: and he will exalt thee to inherit the land: when the sinners shall perish thou shalt see. 35 (36-35) I have seen the wicked highly exalted, and lifted up like the cedars of Libanus. 36 (36-36) And I passed by, and lo, he was not: and I sought him and his place was not found. 37 (36-37) Keep innocence, and behold justice: for there are remnants for the peaceable man. 38 (36-38) But the unjust shall be destroyed to gether: the remnants of the wicked shall perish. 39 (36-39) But the salvation of the just is from the Lord, and he is their protector in the time of trouble. 40 (36-40) And the Lord will help them and deliver them: and he will rescue them from the wicked, and save them because they have hoped in him.

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

Genesis 37:1
And Jacob dwelt in the land of Chanaan, wherein his father sojourned.
Genesis 37:2
And these are his generations: Joseph, when he was sixteen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren, being but a boy: and he was with the sons of Bala and of Zelpha his father’s wives: and he accused his brethren to his father of a most wicked crime.
Genesis 37:23
And as soon as he came to his brethren, they forthwith stript him of his outside coat, that was of divers colours:
Genesis 37:28
And when the Madianite merchants passed by, they drew him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ismaelites, for twenty pieces of silver: and they led him into Egypt.
Genesis 40:4
But the keeper of the prison delivered them to Joseph, and he served them. Some little time passed, and they were kept in custody.
2 Kings 25:8
In the fifth month, the seventh day of the month, the same is the nineteenth year of the king of Babylon, came Nabuzardan, commander of the army, a servant of the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem.
Esther 1:10
Now on the seventh day, when the king was merry, and after very much drinking was well warmed with wine, he commanded Mauman, and Bazatha, and Harbona, and Bagatha, and Abgatha, and Zethar, and Charcas, the seven eunuchs that served in his presence,
Isaiah 56:3
And let not the son of the stranger, that adhereth to the Lord, speak, saying: The Lord will divide and separate me from his people. And let not the eunuch say: Behold I am a dry tree.

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.


 
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