Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen a righteous man forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

New American Standard Bible

I have been young and now I am old,
Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken
Or his descendants begging bread.

King James Version

I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

Holman Bible

I have been young and now I am old,
yet I have not seen the righteous abandoned
or his children begging for bread.

International Standard Version

I once was young and now I am old, but I have not seen a righteous person forsaken or his descendants begging for bread.

American Standard Version

I have been young, and now am old; Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread.

Amplified


I have been young and now I am old,
Yet I have not seen the righteous (those in right standing with God) abandoned
Or his descendants pleading for bread.

Bible in Basic English

I have been young, and now am old, but I have not seen the good man without help, or his children looking for bread.

Darby Translation

I have been young, and now am old, and I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread:

Julia Smith Translation

I was a youth, also I grew old, and I saw not the just one forsaken and his seed seeking bread.

King James 2000

I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his offspring begging bread.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I was a youth, but I am [now] old; yet I have not seen [the] righteous forsaken or his children {begging for} bread.

Modern King James verseion

I have been young, and am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, or his seed begging bread.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I have been young, and now am old; and yet saw I never the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging their bread.

NET Bible

I was once young, now I am old. I have never seen a godly man abandoned, or his children forced to search for food.

New Heart English Bible

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.

The Emphasized Bible

Young, have I been, moreover am old, - Yet have I not seen, A righteous man forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread:

Webster

I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

World English Bible

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.

Youngs Literal Translation

Young I have been, I have also become old, And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, And his seed seeking bread.

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Psalm 37:25

References

Easton

Beg

Morish

Context Readings

Instruction In Wisdom

24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for LORD upholds him with his hand. 25 I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen a righteous man forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. 26 All the day long he deals graciously, and lends, and his seed is blessed.

Cross References

Hebrews 13:5

The Way of life is to be without love of money, being content with the things that are present, for he has said, I will, no, not leave thee, and also, I will, no, not forsake thee.

1 Samuel 12:22

For LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake, because it has pleased LORD to make you a people to himself.

Psalm 25:13

His soul shall dwell at ease, and his seed shall inherit the land.

Psalm 37:28

For LORD loves justice, and forsakes not his sanctified. They are preserved forever, but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

Psalm 109:10

Let his sons be vagabonds, and beg, and let them seek out of their desolate places.

Genesis 17:7

And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to thee and to thy seed after thee.

Joshua 1:5

There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with thee. I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

Job 15:23

He wanders abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

Job 32:6-7

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old. Therefore I held back, and dared not show you my opinion.

Psalm 59:15

They shall wander up and down for food, and tarry all night if they be not satisfied.

Psalm 71:9

Cast me not off in the time of old age. Forsake me not when my strength fails.

Psalm 71:18

Yea, even when I am old and gray headed, O God, forsake me not, until I have declared thy strength to a generation, thy might to everyone who is to come.

Psalm 94:14

For LORD will not cast off his people, nor will he forsake his inheritance.

Psalm 112:2

His seed shall be mighty upon earth. The generation of the upright shall be blessed.

Proverbs 13:22

A good man leaves an inheritance to his son's sons, and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.

Isaiah 13:16

Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes. Their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.

Luke 1:53-55

He filled those who are hungry with good things, and those who are rich he sent away empty.

Acts 21:16

And also the disciples from Caesarea went together with us, bringing a certain Mnason, a Cypriot, an old disciple with whom we would lodge.

2 Corinthians 4:9

persecuted but not forsaken, cast down but not destroyed.

Hebrews 12:5-6

And have ye forgotten the exhortation that reasons with you as with sons, My son, do not disparage the chastening of Lord, nor become disheartened when punished by him?

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