Psalms 103:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֱ֭נוֹשׁ כֶּחָצִ֣יר יָמָ֑יו כְּצִ֥יץ הַ֝שָּׂדֶ֗ה כֵּ֣ן יָצִֽיץ׃

Transliteration

ʾĕnôš like-ḥāṣîr yāmāyw like-ṣîṣ ha-śādeh so yāṣîṣ

Grammar Details

*ʾĕnôš*: masculine singular noun - man
*ḥāṣîr*: masculine singular noun with prefixed preposition *kə* - like grass
*yāmāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his days
*ṣîṣ*: masculine singular noun with prefixed preposition *kə* - like flower of
*ha-śādeh*: definite article with masculine singular noun - the field
*yāṣîṣ*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he flourishes

Word Meanings

*ʾĕnôš*: man/mankind/mortal/humankind
*ḥāṣîr*: grass/hay/herb
*yāmāyw*: his days/lifetime
*ṣîṣ*: flower/blossom/bloom
*śādeh*: field/land/territory/open country
*yāṣîṣ*: flourishes/blossoms/sprouts/shines

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Pet 1:24 : 24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
Jas 1:10-11 : 10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. 11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
Isa 51:12 : 12 I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
Nah 1:4 : 4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
Ps 90:5-6 : 5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood{H8804)}; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up{H8799)}. 6 In the morning it flourisheth{H8686)}, and groweth up{H8804)}; in the evening it is cut down{H8787)}, and withereth{H8804)}.
Isa 28:4 : 4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
Isa 40:6-8 : 6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: 7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. 8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Isa 28:1 : 1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
Job 14:1-3 : 1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. 2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 103:16
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16For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
1 Pet 1:24
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24For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
Ps 144:3-4
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3LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
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Isa 40:6-8
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6The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
7The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
8The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Job 14:1-2
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81%
1Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Ps 103:14
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14For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
Jas 1:10-11
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10But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
11For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
Ps 102:11
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11My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
Ps 90:4-6
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4For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past{H8799)}, and as a watch in the night.
5Thou carriest them away as with a flood{H8804)}; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up{H8799)}.
6In the morning it flourisheth{H8686)}, and groweth up{H8804)}; in the evening it is cut down{H8787)}, and withereth{H8804)}.
Job 8:12
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12Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
Job 14:9-11
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9Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
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Job 34:15
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15All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
Ps 146:4
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Ps 49:12
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12Nevertheless man being in honour abideth{H8799)} not: he is like{H8738)} the beasts that perish{H8738)}.
Ps 37:2
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2For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither{H8799)} as the green herb.
Jas 4:14
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14Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Ps 39:5
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5Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state{H8737)} is altogether vanity. Selah.
Ps 90:9-10
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9For all our days are passed away{H8804)} in thy wrath: we spend{H8765)} our years as a tale that is told.
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Ps 104:14
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14He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
Eccl 3:19-20
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19For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
20All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Ps 78:39
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39For he remembered{H8799)} that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away{H8802)}, and cometh not again{H8799)}.
Ps 129:6
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6Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
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5Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,
Ps 92:7
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7When the wicked spring{H8800)} as the grass, and when all the workers{H8802)} of iniquity do flourish{H8686)}; it is that they shall be destroyed{H8736)} for ever:
Ps 89:47
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1 Chr 29:15
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15For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.
Ps 102:3-4
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3For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
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Isa 2:22
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22Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Isa 37:27
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27Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
Job 8:9
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9(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
Job 7:1
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Ps 104:29
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29Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
Isa 28:4
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Eccl 6:12
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12For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
Job 24:24
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24They 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.
Ps 104:23
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23Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
Luke 12:28
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28If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Job 14:5
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5Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;