Verse 2

For they shall soon{H4120} be cut down{H5243}{(H8799)} like the grass{H2682}, and wither{H5034}{H8799)} as the green{H3418} herb{H1877}.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 14:2 : 2 He cometh forth{H3318}{(H8804)} like a flower{H6731}, and is cut down{H5243}{(H8799)}: he fleeth{H1272}{(H8799)} also as a shadow{H6738}, and continueth{H5975}{(H8799)} not.
  • Job 20:5-9 : 5 That the triumphing{H7445} of the wicked{H7563} is short{H7138}, and the joy{H8057} of the hypocrite{H2611} but for a moment{H7281}? 6 Though his excellency{H7863} mount up{H5927}{(H8799)} to the heavens{H8064}, and his head{H7218} reach{H5060}{(H8686)} unto the clouds{H5645}; 7 Yet he shall perish{H6}{(H8799)} for ever{H5331} like his own dung{H1561}: they which have seen{H7200}{(H8802)} him shall say{H559}{(H8799)}, Where{H335} is he? 8 He shall fly away{H5774}{(H8799)} as a dream{H2472}, and shall not be found{H4672}{(H8799)}: yea, he shall be chased away{H5074}{(H8714)} as a vision{H2384} of the night{H3915}. 9 The eye{H5869} also which saw{H7805}{(H8804)} him shall see him no more{H3254}{(H8686)}; neither shall his place{H4725} any more behold{H7789}{(H8799)} him.
  • Ps 37:35-36 : 35 I have seen{H7200}{(H8804)} the wicked{H7563} in great power{H6184}, and spreading{H6168}{H8693)} himself like a green{H7488} bay tree{H249}. 36 Yet he passed away{H5674}{(H8799)}, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought{H1245}{H8762)} him, but he could not be found{H4672}{H8738)}.
  • Ps 73:17-20 : 17 Until I went{H935}{H8799)} into the sanctuary{H4720} of God{H410}; then understood{H995}{H8799)} I their end{H319}. 18 Surely thou didst set{H7896}{H8799)} them in slippery places{H2513}: thou castedst them down{H5307}{H8689)} into destruction{H4876}. 19 How are they brought into desolation{H8047}, as in a moment{H7281}! they are utterly{H5486}{H8804)} consumed{H8552}{H8804)} with terrors{H1091}. 20 As a dream{H2472} when one awaketh{H6974}{H8687)}; so, O Lord{H136}, when thou awakest{H5782}, thou shalt despise{H959}{H8799)} their image{H6754}.
  • Ps 90:5-6 : 5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood{H2229}{H8804)}; they are as a sleep{H8142}: in the morning{H1242} they are like grass{H2682} which groweth up{H2498}{H8799)}. 6 In the morning{H1242} it flourisheth{H6692}{H8686)}, and groweth up{H2498}{H8804)}; in the evening{H6153} it is cut down{H4135}{H8787)}, and withereth{H3001}{H8804)}.
  • Ps 92:7 : 7 When the wicked{H7563} spring{H6524}{H8800)} as the grass{H6212}, and when all the workers{H6466}{H8802)} of iniquity{H205} do flourish{H6692}{H8686)}; it is that they shall be destroyed{H8045}{H8736)} for ever{H5703}:
  • Ps 129:5-7 : 5 Let them all be confounded{H954}{(H8799)} and turned{H5472}{(H8735)} back{H268} that hate{H8130}{(H8802)} Zion{H6726}. 6 Let them be as the grass{H2682} upon the housetops{H1406}, which withereth{H3001}{(H8804)} afore{H6927} it groweth up{H8025}{(H8804)}: 7 Wherewith the mower{H7114}{(H8802)} filleth{H4390}{(H8765)} not his hand{H3709}; nor he that bindeth sheaves{H6014}{(H8764)} his bosom{H2683}.
  • Jas 1:10-11 : 10 But{G1161} the rich{G4145}, in{G1722} that he{G846} is made low{G5014}: because{G3754} as{G5613} the flower{G438} of the grass{G5528} he shall pass away{G3928}{(G5695)}. 11 For{G1063} the sun{G2246} is no sooner risen{G393}{(G5656)} with{G4862} a burning heat{G2742}, but{G2532} it withereth{G3583}{(G5656)} the grass{G5528}, and{G2532} the flower{G438} thereof{G846} falleth{G1601}{(G5627)}, and{G2532} the grace{G2143} of the fashion{G4383} of it{G846} perisheth{G622}{(G5639)}: so{G3779} also{G2532} shall{G3133} the rich man{G4145} fade away{G3133}{(G5701)} in{G1722} his{G846} ways{G4197}.
  • 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 For{G1360} all{G3956} flesh{G4561} is as{G5613} grass{G5528}, and{G2532} all{G3956} the glory{G1391} of man{G444} as{G5613} the flower{G438} of grass{G5528}. The grass{G5528} withereth{G3583}{(G5681)}, and{G2532} the flower{G438} thereof{G846} falleth away{G1601}{(G5627)}: