Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
Holman Bible
and wilt like tender green plants.
International Standard Version
Indeed, they soon will wither like grass, and like green herbs they will fade away.
A Conservative Version
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
American Standard Version
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.
Amplified
For they will wither quickly like the grass,
And fade like the green herb.
Bible in Basic English
For they will quickly be cut down like grass, and become dry like the green plants.
Darby Translation
for they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and fade as the green herb.
Julia Smith Translation
For as grass hastening they shall be cut down, and as the greenness of grass they shall fall away.
King James 2000
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For like the grass they will dry up quickly, and like green vegetation they will wither.
Modern King James verseion
For they shall soon wither like the grass; and fade as the green herb.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and be withered even as the green herb.
NET Bible
For they will quickly dry up like grass, and wither away like plants.
New Heart English Bible
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb.
The Emphasized Bible
For, like grass, soon shall they wither, and, like green herbage, shall they fade.
Webster
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
World English Bible
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb.
Youngs Literal Translation
For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.
Themes
Anxiety » Why you should not be anxious
Herbs » Illustrative » Of the wicked
Wicked people » Compared with » Grass
Wicked people » Compared with » Green herbs
The wicked » Devices of » Fate of
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 37:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Instruction In Wisdom
1
([Psalm of David]) Do not be bothered by evildoers. Do not envy those who do wicked things.
2
And
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 73:17-20
I understood their end when I went into the sanctuary of God.
Psalm 90:5-6
You sweep mortals away in the sleep of death. They sprout again in the morning like grass.
Psalm 92:7
Wicked people sprout like grass and all troublemakers flourish. Yet they will be destroyed forever.
Job 14:2
He springs up like a flower and fades away. He is like a fleeting shadow and does not endure.
Job 20:5-9
The success of the wicked is brief and the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.
Psalm 37:35-36
I have seen a wicked, violent man spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.
Psalm 129:5-7
May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward.
James 1:10-11
But the rich must be glad when God humbles them. This is because they will wither like wildflowers and pass away.
1 Peter 1:24
All people are like grass. All their glory is like the blossom of a flower. The grass withers and the flower drops off.