Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
But one passed by, and, lo, he was not: Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
WEB
yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.
YLT
And he passeth away, and lo, he is not, And I seek him, and he is not found!
DBT
but he passed away, and behold, he was not; and I sought him, but he was not found.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentPsalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.
- Author
- David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
- Date
- Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.