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Psalms 37:25

I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

KJV

I have been young, and now am old; Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread.

ASV

נַ֤עַר הָיִ֗יתִי גַּם זָ֫קַ֥נְתִּי וְֽ/לֹא רָ֭אִיתִי צַדִּ֣יק נֶעֱזָ֑ב וְ֝/זַרְע֗/וֹ מְבַקֶּשׁ לָֽחֶם

Hebrew

Young I have been, I have also become old, And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, And his seed seeking bread.

YLT

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בַקֵּ֥שׁ
bqsh
verb · 225×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
וֹ
v
noun · 226×
זָקֵ֔ן
zqn
verb · 27×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
לֶ֣חֶם
lchm
noun · 297×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נִי
ny
verb · 212×
נַּ֖עַר
n'r
noun · 239×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 12:22 — For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
  • 2Cor 4:9 — Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
  • Acts 21:16 — There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.
  • Gen 17:7 — And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
  • Heb 12:5 — And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
  • Heb 13:5 — Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
  • Heb 13:5 — Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
  • Isa 13:16 — Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
  • Job 4:7 — Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
  • Job 15:23 — He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
  • Job 32:6 — And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.
  • Josh 1:5 — There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
  • Luke 1:53 — He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
  • Luke 12:31 — But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.
  • Matt 5:42 — Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
  • Matt 6:33 — But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
  • Phlm 1:8 — Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,
  • Prov 10:3 — The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
  • Prov 13:22 — A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
  • Prov 13:22 — A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
  • Prov 28:10 — Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
  • Ps 25:13 — His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
  • Ps 37:28 — For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
  • Ps 59:15 — Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.
  • Ps 71:9 — Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
  • Ps 71:18 — Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
  • Ps 94:14 — For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
  • Ps 109:10 — Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
  • Ps 112:2 — His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
  • Ps 112:5 — A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.