Parallel Verses
Amplified
For the wind passes over it and it is no more,
And its place knows it no longer.
New American Standard Bible
And its
King James Version
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Holman Bible
and its place is no longer known.
International Standard Version
but when the wind blows through it, it withers away and no one remembers where it was.
A Conservative Version
For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and the place thereof shall know it no more.
American Standard Version
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; And the place thereof shall know it no more.
Bible in Basic English
The wind goes over it and it is gone; and its place sees it no longer.
Darby Translation
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone, and the place thereof knoweth it no more.
Julia Smith Translation
For the wind passed over upon it and it is not; and its place shall know it no more.
King James 2000
For the wind passes over it, and it is gone; and the place there shall know it no more.
Lexham Expanded Bible
When [the] wind passes over it, it is no more, and its place knows it no longer.
Modern King James verseion
For the wind passes over it, and it is gone; and its place shall know it no more.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone, and the place thereof knoweth it no more.
NET Bible
but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.
New Heart English Bible
For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more.
The Emphasized Bible
For, a wind, hath passed ever it, and it is gone, And its own place is acquainted with it no more.
Webster
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and its place shall know it no more.
World English Bible
For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more.
Youngs Literal Translation
For a wind hath passed over it, and it is not, And its place doth not discern it any more.
Themes
Endurance » What does not endure
Flowers » Described as » Evanescent
Man » A social being » As grass
Mortality » Of man » Man compared to withering grass
Topics
References
American
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 103:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Forgiving God
15
As for man, his days are like grass;
Like a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
For the wind passes over it and it is no more,
And its place knows it no longer.
But the lovingkindness of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who [reverently] fear Him,
And His righteousness to children’s children,
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 40:7
The grass withers, the flower fades,
When the breath of the Lord blows upon it;
Most certainly [all] the people are [like] grass.
Job 20:9
“The eye which saw him sees him no longer,
Neither does his [accustomed] place behold him any longer.
Genesis 5:24
And [in reverent fear and obedience] Enoch walked with God; and he was not [found among men], because God took him [away to be home with Him].
Job 7:6-10
“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And are spent without hope.
Job 8:18-19
“If he is snatched from his place [in the garden],
Then his place will forget him, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’
Job 14:10
“But [the brave, strong] man must die and lie face down;
Man breathes his last, and where is he?
Job 27:20-21
“Terrors overtake him like a [suddenly rising] flood;
A windstorm steals him away in the night.