Verse 2

For they will soon wither like grass and fade like green plants.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For de skal snart visne som gress, og de skal visne som grønne vekster.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For de skal snart visne som gresset, og visne som det grønne gresset.

• Norsk King James

  For de vil snart bli rykket opp som gresset, og visne som det grønne urtet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For de vil raskt bli borte som gress, og visne som det grønne gresset.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For som gresset vil de raskt visne, og som grønne planter vil de dø bort.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For de skal snart bli kuttet ned som gresset, og visne som grønne planter.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For snart skal de bli kappet ned som gress, og visne som en grønn plante.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  For de skal snart bli kuttet ned som gresset, og visne som grønne planter.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For de blir raskt kuttet ned som gress og visner som grønne planter.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For som gresset vil de snart visne bort, og som det grønne gresset vil de visne.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi de skulle hasteligen afhugges som Græs, og affalde som det grønne Græs.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For snart skal de bli slått ned som gresset, og visne som den grønne urten.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

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

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For de skal snart kuttes ned som gresset og visne som det grønne gresset.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For de visner raskt som gresset og visne som grønne vekster.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For de skal snart bli hogget ned som gresset og visne som det grønne gresset.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For de blir snart hugget ned som gresset, og visner som grønne planter.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For they shall soone be cut downe like ye grasse, & be wythered euen as ye grene herbe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For they shall soone bee cut downe like grasse, and shall wither as the greene herbe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For they shall soone be cut downe like the grasse: and be withered euen as the greene hearbe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For they will quickly be cut down like grass, and become dry like the green plants.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For they will quickly dry up like grass, and wither away like plants.

Referenced Verses

• Job 14:2 : 2 He springs up like a flower and withers away; he flees like a shadow and does not endure.
• Job 20:5-9 : 5 that the triumph of the wicked is short-lived, and the joy of the godless lasts only a moment? 6 Even if his greatness rises to the heavens and his head reaches to the clouds, 7 he will perish forever like his own waste; those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?' 8 Like a dream he flies away and is no more; he is chased away like a vision of the night. 9 The eye that saw him will see him no longer, and his place will behold him no more.
• Ps 37:35-36 : 35 I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a luxuriant native tree. 36 Yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched for him, he could not be found.
• Ps 73:17-20 : 17 Until I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny. 18 Surely, You place them on slippery ground; You cast them down to destruction. 19 How suddenly they are destroyed, completely swept away by terrors! 20 Like a dream when one awakes, so, Lord, when You arise, You will despise their image.
• Ps 90:5-6 : 5 You sweep them away like a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that springs up in the morning— 6 In the morning it flourishes and grows, but by evening it withers and dries up.
• Ps 92:7 : 7 A senseless person does not know, and a fool does not understand this:
• Ps 129:5-7 : 5 Let all who hate Zion be shamed and turned back. 6 Let them be like grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up, 7 with which the reaper does not fill his hand, nor the binder of sheaves his arms.
• Jas 1:10-11 : 10 and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat, and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. In the same way, the rich person will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
• 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 For, "All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls off,