Psalms 37 · Verse 36

Psalms 37:36

Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Psalms 37:36, King James Version

Psalms 37:36 in other translations

BSByet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.
WEBBut he passed away, and behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.
ASVBut one passed by, and, lo, he was not: Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
YLTAnd he passeth away, and lo, he is not, And I seek him, and he is not found!
DARBYbut he passed away, and behold, he was not; and I sought him, but he was not found.
BBEBut he came to an end, and there was no sign of him; I made a search for him and he was not there.
WebsterYet he passed away, and lo, he was not: yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.

What does Psalms 37:36 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 37:35-36

35-36. of which a picture is given, under the figure of a flourishing tree (compare Margin), which soon withers.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 37:34-40

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…

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Psalms 37:36 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַ֭יַּֽעֲבֹרVai.ya.'a.vorand he passed awayH5674
וְהִנֵּ֣הve.hi.Nehand there!H2009
אֵינֶ֑נּוּ'ei.Ne.nuthere not [was] heH369
וָֽ֝אֲבַקְשֵׁ֗הוּva.'a.vak.She.huand I sought himH1245
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
נִמְצָֽא\׃nim.Tza'he was foundH4672

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 37:36

  • Psalms 37:10

    For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

  • Acts 12:22-23

    And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

  • Isaiah 10:16-19

    Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire. And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day; And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth. And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.

  • Exodus 15:19

    For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.

  • Isaiah 10:33-34

    Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled. And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

  • Job 20:5-29

    That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. …

  • Exodus 15:9-10

    The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
10; Ex 15:9,10,19; Job 20:5-29; Isa 10:16-19,33,34; Ac 12:22,23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 37:35

    I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

  • Psalms 37:36

    Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

  • Psalms 37:37

    Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

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Psalms 37:36 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Empero pasóse, y he aquí no parece; y busquélo, y no fué hallado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		mais il passa, et voici, il n’était plus; et je l’ai cherché, et il ne s’est plus trouvé.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und man ging vorbei, und siehe, er war nicht mehr; und ich suchte ihn, und er ward nicht gefunden.