Psalms 37:10

King James Version 1611 (Original)

For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְע֣וֹד מְ֭עַט וְאֵ֣ין רָשָׁ֑ע וְהִתְבּוֹנַ֖נְתָּ עַל־מְקוֹמ֣וֹ וְאֵינֶֽנּוּ׃

Transliteration

And yet məʿaṭ and there is no rāšāʿ; and you will hitbônanəta upon his məqômô and he is not.

Grammar Details

• *wəʿôd*: conjunction + adverb - and yet/and still
• *məʿaṭ*: masculine singular adjective/noun - little/short time
• *wəʾên*: conjunction + particle of negation - and there is no
• *rāšāʿ*: masculine singular adjective/noun - wicked person
• *wəhitbônanəta*: conjunction + Hithpolel perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - and you will consider attentively
• *məqômô*: masculine singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his place
• *wəʾênenû*: conjunction + particle of negation + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and he is not

Word Meanings

• *məʿaṭ*: a little while/soon/shortly
• *rāšāʿ*: wicked person/evil one/wrong-doer
• *hitbônanəta*: you will consider attentively/you will observe carefully/you will look diligently

Referenced Verses

• Job 24:24 : 24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
• Job 7:10 : 10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
• Ps 52:5 : 5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
• Ps 37:35-36 : 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
• Ps 49:10 : 10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
• Ps 58:10-11 : 10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. 11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
• Ps 73:18-20 : 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. 19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. 20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
• Ps 103:16 : 16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
• Ps 107:42-43 : 42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. 43 Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
• Isa 14:16-19 : 16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; 17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners? 18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. 19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
• Luke 12:20-21 : 20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? 21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
• Luke 16:27-28 : 27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: 28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
• Heb 10:36-37 : 36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. 37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
• 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
• Rev 6:10-11 : 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
• Job 7:21 : 21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
• Job 14:10 : 10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
• Job 20:8-9 : 8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. 9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
• 1 Sam 25:38-39 : 38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died. 39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
• 2 Kgs 9:25 : 25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him;
• 2 Kgs 9:34-37 : 34 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter. 35 And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands. 36 Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel: 37 And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
• Esth 7:10-8:1 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified. 1 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.