Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 stumble, he shall not fall, for the LORD holds him up with his hand. 25 I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread. 26 All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His seed is blessed.


Cross References

Hebrews 13:5

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you or forsake you."

1 Samuel 12:22

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

Psalm 25:13

His soul shall dwell at ease. His seed shall inherit the land.

Psalm 37:28

For the LORD loves justice, and doesn't forsake his holy ones. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

Psalm 109:10

Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.

Genesis 17:7

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

Joshua 1:5

No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not fail you nor forsake you.

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

Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered, "I am young, and you are very old; Therefore I held back, and did not dare show you my opinion.

Psalm 59:15

They shall wander up and down for food, and wait all night if they aren't satisfied.

Psalm 71:9

Do not reject me in my old age. Do not forsake me when my strength fails.

Psalm 71:18

Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, do not forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.

Psalm 94:14

For the LORD won't reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

Psalm 112:2

His seed will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed.

Proverbs 13:22

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

Isaiah 13:16

Their infants also will be dashed in pieces before their eyes. Their houses will be ransacked, and their wives raped.

Luke 1:53-55

He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.

Acts 21:16

Some of the disciples from Caesarea also went with us, bringing one Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we would stay.

2 Corinthians 4:9

pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;

Hebrews 12:5-6

and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, "My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor lose heart when you are reproved by him;

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