Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
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Gill's Exposition
Mark the perfect man,.... None are so in themselves, not the most holy man upon earth; for though all grace is implanted at once in regeneration, the seed of grace of every kind is cast into the heart…
Barnes' Notes
Yet he passed away - Compare the notes at Job 20:5. The allusion here, of course, is to the man, and not to the tree, though the grammatical construction might refer to either. The idea is that he…
The psalmist's conclusion of this sermon (for that is the nature of this poem) is of the same purport with the whole, and inculcates the same things.
I. The duty here pressed upon us is still the same…
Cambridge Bible
Yet he passed away R.V. But one passed by. Better, with LXX, Vulg., Syr., Jer.; And I passed by.
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