Psalms 37:35

In 11 translations

BSB

I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,

KJV

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.a green…: or, a green tree that groweth in his own soil

WEB

I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

ASV

I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

LSV

I have seen the wicked terrible, || And spreading as a green native plant,

YLT

I have seen the wicked terrible, And spreading as a green native plant,

DBY

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading like a green tree in its native soil:

DRC36:35

I have seen the wicked highly exalted, and lifted up like the cedars of Libanus.

GNV

I haue seene the wicked strong, and spreading himselfe like a greene bay tree.

JPS

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a leafy tree in its native soil.

LXXE36:35

I saw the ungodly very highly exalting himself, and lifting himself up like the cedars of Libanus.

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Original-language editions

WLC

רָ֭אִיתִי רָשָׁ֣ע עָרִ֑יץ וּ֝מִתְעָרֶ֗ה כְּאֶזְרָ֥ח רַעֲנָֽן׃

LXX-Br36:35

Εἶδον τὸν ἀσεβῆ ὑπερυψούμενον, καὶ ἐπαιρόμενον ὡς τὰς κέδρους τοῦ Λιβάνου·

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 5:3I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
• Psalms 73:3–11For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed. They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.…
• Job 21:7–17Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power? Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes. Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is…
• Ezekiel 31:18Who then is like you in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? You also will be brought down to the depths of the earth to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the…
• Isaiah 14:14–19I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit. Those who see you will stare; they will ponder your fate: “Is…
• Esther 5:11Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.
• Job 8:13–19Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish. His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web. He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not…
• Ezekiel 31:6–10All the birds of the air nested in its branches, and all the beasts of the field gave birth beneath its boughs; all the great nations lived in its shade. It was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its limbs,…
• Daniel 4:20–33The tree you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached the sky and was visible to all the earth, whose foliage was beautiful and whose fruit was abundant, providing food for all, under which the beasts of the…

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