Psalm 37:35 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³⁵ I have seen the wicked oppressing and towering like a cedar of Lebanon.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁵ I have seen a wicked man in great power and spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil,

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

³⁵ I myself have seen wicked powerful people, exalting themselves like a stately cedar.

Psalm 37:35 Cross References

Job 5:3

I have seen fools taking root, but suddenly I cursed their dwelling.

Ezekiel 31:18

Which among the trees of Eden was like you in glory and in greatness? Now you shall be brought down with the trees of Eden to the world below; you shall lie among the uncircumcised, with those who are killed by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his horde, says the Lord God.

Esther 5:11

and Haman recounted to them the splendor of his riches, the number of his sons, all the promotions with which the king had honored him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and the ministers of the king.

2 Samuel 18:14

Joab said, “I will not waste time like this with you.” He took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak.

2 Samuel 18:15

And ten young men, Joab’s armor-bearers, surrounded Absalom and struck him and killed him.

Jeremiah 12:2

You plant them, and they take root; they grow and bring forth fruit; you are near in their mouths yet far from their hearts.

Ezekiel 31:5

So it towered high above all the trees of the field; its boughs grew large and its branches long, from abundant water in its shoots.

Daniel 4:7

Then the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the diviners came in, and I told them the dream, but they could not tell me its interpretation.

Daniel 8:24

He shall grow strong in power, shall cause fearful destruction, and shall succeed in what he does. He shall destroy the powerful and the people of the holy ones.

Daniel 11:19

Then he shall turn back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he shall stumble and fall and shall not be found.