Parallel Verses
World English Bible
For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust.
New American Standard Bible
He
King James Version
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
Holman Bible
remembering that we are dust.
International Standard Version
For he knows how we were formed, aware that we were made from dust.
A Conservative Version
For he knows our frame. He remembers that we are dust.
American Standard Version
For he knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.
Amplified
For He knows our [mortal] frame;
He remembers that we are [merely] dust.
Bible in Basic English
For he has knowledge of our feeble frame; he sees that we are only dust.
Darby Translation
For himself knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
Julia Smith Translation
For he knew our formation; he remembered that we are dust.
King James 2000
For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For he knows our frame. He remembers that we [are] dust.
Modern King James verseion
For He knows our form; He remembers that we are dust.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For he knoweth whereof we be made, he remembereth that we are but dust;
NET Bible
For he knows what we are made of; he realizes we are made of clay.
New Heart English Bible
For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust.
The Emphasized Bible
For, he, knoweth how we are formed, He is mindful that, dust, we are.
Webster
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
Youngs Literal Translation
For He hath known our frame, Remembering that we are dust.
Themes
the Earth » Man » Formed out of
Man » Extremity of examples of » Frailty of
God, Wisdom of » Exhibited in knowing » The infirmities of saints
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 103:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Forgiving God
13 Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him. 14 For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust. 15 As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Cross References
Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
Ecclesiastes 12:7
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Job 7:5-7
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.
Job 7:21
Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I shall not be."
Job 10:9
Remember, I beg you, that you have fashioned me as clay. Will you bring me into dust again?
Job 13:25
Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble?
Psalm 78:38-39
But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn't destroy them. Yes, many times he turned his anger away, and didn't stir up all his wrath.
Psalm 89:47
Remember how short my time is! For what vanity have you created all the children of men!
Isaiah 29:16
You turn things upside down! Should the potter be thought to be like clay; that the thing made should say about him who made it, "He didn't make me;" or the thing formed say of him who formed it, "He has no understanding?"