King James Version
Psalms 37:36 in the King James Version says “Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 37 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.”
Psalms 37:36 · KJV
Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
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
Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Yet he passed away”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
“and lo he was not yea I sought”
H1245to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“him but he could not be found”
H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
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