Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

I have seen the wicked ruthless, and spreading himself like a luxuriant native tree.

New American Standard Bible

I have seen a wicked, violent man
Spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

I once observed a wicked and oppressive person, flourishing like a green tree in native soil.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


I have seen a wicked, violent man [with great power]
Spreading and flaunting himself like a cedar in its native soil,

Bible in Basic English

I have seen the evil-doer in great power, covering the earth like a great tree.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

I saw the unjust one making afraid, and spreading abroad as a green native tree.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

I have seen [the] wicked acting violently and spreading himself out like a luxuriant native tree.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I myself have seen the ungodly in great power, and flourishing like a green bay-tree.

NET Bible

I have seen ruthless evil men growing in influence, like a green tree grows in its native soil.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

I have seen a lawless man, a tyrant, and spreading himself out, like a cedar in Lebanon;

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

References

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Context Readings

Instruction In Wisdom

34 Wait on Jehovah, and keep His way, and He shall lift you up to inherit the earth; when the wicked are cut off, you shall see it. 35 I have seen the wicked ruthless, and spreading himself like a luxuriant native tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not; and I looked for him, but he could not be found.

Cross References

Job 5:3

I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling place.

Esther 5:11

And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and his many sons, and all to which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

Job 8:13-19

So are the paths of all who forget God; and the hope of the ungodly shall perish.

Job 21:7-17

Why do the wicked live? They grow old and become mighty in power.

Psalm 73:3-11

For I was jealous of the proud, when I saw the peace of the wicked.

Isaiah 14:14-19

I will go up above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.

Ezekiel 31:6-10

All the birds of the heavens nested in his boughs, and under his branches all the beasts of the field bore their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.

Ezekiel 31:18

To whom are you like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? Yet you shall be brought down with the trees of Eden to the lower parts of the earth. You shall lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, says the Lord Jehovah.

Daniel 4:20-33

The tree that you saw, which became great and strong, whose height reached to the heaven, and the sight of it to all the earth;

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