Psalms 103:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The wind goes over it and it is gone; and its place sees it no longer.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 40:7 : 7 The grass becomes dry, the flower is dead; because the breath of the Lord goes over it: truly the people is grass.
  • Job 20:9 : 9 The eye which saw him sees him no longer; and his place has no more knowledge of him.
  • Gen 5:24 : 24 And Enoch went on in God's ways: and he was not seen again, for God took him.
  • Job 7:6-9 : 6 My days go quicker than the cloth-worker's thread, and come to an end without hope. 7 O, keep in mind that my life is wind: my eye will never again see good. 8 The eye of him who sees me will see me no longer: your eyes will be looking for me, but I will be gone. 9 A cloud comes to an end and is gone; so he who goes down into the underworld comes not up again. 10 He will not come back to his house, and his place will have no more knowledge of him.
  • Job 8:18-19 : 18 If he is taken away from his place, then it will say, I have not seen you. 19 Such is the joy of his way, and out of the dust another comes up to take his place.
  • Job 14:10 : 10 But man comes to his death and is gone: he gives up his spirit, and where is he?
  • Job 27:20-21 : 20 Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away. 21 The east wind takes him up and he is gone; he is forced violently out of his place.

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