Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I myself have seen the ungodly in great power, and flourishing like a green bay-tree.
New American Standard Bible
Spreading himself like a
King James Version
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
Holman Bible
well-rooted
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 King James verseion
I have seen the wicked ruthless, and spreading himself like a luxuriant native 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,
Themes
Happiness » Of the wicked » Illustrated
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is derived from » Their power
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is derived from » Their power
Happiness of the The Wicked » Illustrated
Prosperity » Of the wicked, general references to
the things that are Transient » Power
Trees » Evil, sinners compared to
Wicked people » Compared with » Green bay tree
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 37:35
Verse Info
Context Readings
Instruction In Wisdom
34 Hope thou in the LORD, and keep his way. And he shall promote thee, that thou shalt possess the land; when the ungodly shall perish, thou shalt see it. 35 I myself have seen the ungodly in great power, and flourishing like a green bay-tree. 36 But when I went by, lo, he was gone; I sought him, but his place could nowhere be found.
Names
Cross References
Job 5:3
I have seen myself, when the foolish was deep rooted, that his beauty was suddenly destroyed,
Esther 5:11
and told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children all together how the king had promoted him so greatly, and how that he was taken above the princes and servants of the king.
Job 8:13-19
Even so goeth it with all them that forget God: and even thus also shall the hypocrite's hope come to naught.
Job 21:7-17
"Wherefore do wicked men live in health and prosperity, come to their old age, and increase in riches?
Psalm 73:3-11
And why? I was grieved at the wicked, to see the ungodly in such prosperity.
Isaiah 14:14-19
I will climb up above the clouds; and will be like the highest of all."
Ezekiel 31:6-10
All fowls of the air made their nests in his branches, under his boughs gendered all these beasts of the field, and under his shadow dwelt all people.
Ezekiel 31:18
To whom shalt thou be likened, that art so glorious and great, among the trees of Eden? Yet art thou cast down under the earth, among the trees of Eden, where thou must lie among the uncircumcised, with them that be slain with the sword. Even thus is it with Pharaoh and all his people, sayeth the LORD God.'"
Daniel 4:20-33
As for the tree that thou sawest which was so great and mighty, whose height reached unto the heaven, and his breadth into all the world;