35 I have seen a wicked and ruthless man
    flourishing(A) like a luxuriant native tree,

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

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

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36 but he soon passed away and was no more;
    though I looked for him, he could not be found.(A)

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36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

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36 Yet [a]he passed away, and behold, he was no more;
Indeed I sought him, but he could not be found.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 37:36 So with MT, LXX, Tg.; Syr., Vg. I passed by

They will be like a tree planted by the water
    that sends out its roots by the stream.(A)
It does not fear when heat comes;
    its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought(B)
    and never fails to bear fruit.”(C)

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For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

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For he shall be (A)like a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not [a]fear when heat comes;
But its leaf will be green,
And will not be anxious in the year of drought,
Nor will cease from yielding fruit.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:8 Qr., Tg. see