Psalms 103:15
As for man, his days are like grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
As for man, his days are like grass, he blooms like a flower of the field.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
As for man,{H582} his days{H3117} are as grass;{H2682} As a flower{H6731} of the field,{H7704} so he flourisheth.{H6692}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
As for man{H582}, his days{H3117} are as grass{H2682}: as a flower{H6731} of the field{H7704}, so he flourisheth{H6692}{(H8686)}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
That a man in his tyme is but as is grasse, & florisheth as a floure of the felde.
Geneva Bible (1560)
The dayes of man are as grasse: as a flowre of the fielde, so florisheth he.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
The dayes of man are as the dayes of an hearbe: he florisheth as a flowre in the fielde.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
[As for] man, his days [are] as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
Webster's Bible (1833)
As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
Mortal man! as grass `are' his days, As a flower of the field so he flourisheth;
American Standard Version (1901)
As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
American Standard Version (1901)
As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
As for man, his days are as grass: his beautiful growth is like the flower of the field.
World English Bible (2000)
As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
A person’s life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes,
Referenced Verses
- 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 Because "All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away,
- Jas 1:10-11 : 10 But the rich in that he is made low, because as the flower of the grass he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with a burning heat, and it withers the grass, and its flower falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes: so also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.
- Isa 51:12 : 12 I, even I, am he who comforts you: who are you, that you should be afraid of a man who will die, and of the son of man who will be made like grass;
- Nah 1:4 : 4 He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers: Bashan languishes, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languishes.
- Ps 90:5-6 : 5 You carry them away like a flood; they are like a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which grows up. 6 In the morning it flourishes and grows up; in the evening it is cut down and withers.
- Isa 28:4 : 4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley, shall be a fading flower, and like the early fruit before the summer; which when he who looks upon it sees, while it is yet in his hand he eats it up.
- Isa 40:6-8 : 6 The voice said, Cry out. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field: 7 The grass withers, the flower fades, because the breath of the LORD blows upon it; surely the people are grass. 8 The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever.
- Isa 28:1 : 1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which is on the head of the fertile valleys of those who are overcome with wine!
- Job 14:1-3 : 1 Man who is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble. 2 He comes forth like a flower and is cut down; he flees also as a shadow and does not continue. 3 And do You open Your eyes upon such a one and bring me into judgment with You?
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