Psalms 37:2
1 Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.
3 Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
4 Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.
- KJV
- For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
- WEB
- For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb.
- ASV
- For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.
- DARBY
- for they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and fade as the green herb.
- BLB
- For like the grass, soon they are cut off, and like the green of the herb they shall wither.
- ÅB
- For som gresset blir de snart avskåret,
og som grønne urter visner de bort. - OTB
- For de skal snart visne som gresset,
Og visne som grønne planter. - B1930
- For som gresset blir de hastig avskåret, og som grønne urter visner de bort.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 92:7
that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
Read in contextPsalms 90:5–6
You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
Read in contextJames 1:10–11
But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
Read in contextPsalms 37:35–36
I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
Read in contextJob 14:2
Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
Read in contextJob 20:5–9
the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
Read in contextPsalms 73:17–20
until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.
Read in context1 Peter 1:24
For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
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