Psalms 37:2 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 37:2

For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.

BSB

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ASV

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.

KJV

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

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Commentary

3 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 2 (1870)

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass. The scythe of death is sharpening. Green grows the grass, but quick comes the scythe. The destruction of the ungodly will be speedy, sudden, sure, overwhelming, irretrievable. The grass cannot resist or escape the mower. And wither as the green herb. The beauty of the herb dries up at once in the heat of the sun, and so all the glory of the wicked shall disappear at the hour of death. Death kills the ungodly man like grass, and wrath withers him like hay; he dies, and his name rots.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Fretfulness and envy are sins that are their own punishments; they are the uneasiness of the spirit and the rottenness of the bones; it is therefore in kindness to ourselves that we are warned against them.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(1.) They will soon wither of themselves. Outward prosperity is a fading thing, and so is the life itself to which it is confined. (2.) They will sooner be cut down by the judgments of God.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
כֶ֭חָצִיר	Khe.cha.tzir	like <the> grass	H2682 →
מְהֵרָ֣ה	me.he.Rah	quickly	H4120 →
יִמָּ֑לוּ	yi.Ma.lu	they will wither	H5243 →
וּכְיֶ֥רֶק	u.khe.Ye.rek	and like [the] greenery of	H3418 →
דֶּ֝֗שֶׁא	De.she'	vegetation	H1877 →
יִבּוֹלֽוּן׃	yi.bo.Lun	they will fade !	H5034 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Job 14:2
Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
leads to
- 1 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,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 40:6–8
  A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.
- Job 8:9
  For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.
- Psalms 103:15–16
  As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;
- 1 Chronicles 29:15
  For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
Through
Psalms 92:7
that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
leads to
- Psalms 37:38
  But the transgressors will all be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.
- Psalms 73:18–20
  Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
- Psalms 37:1–2
  Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Psalms