Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

My life is like a declining shadow, and I am withering like a plant.

New American Standard Bible

My days are like a lengthened shadow,
And I wither away like grass.

King James Version

My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

Holman Bible

My days are like a lengthening shadow,
and I wither away like grass.

A Conservative Version

My days are like a shadow that declines, and I am withered like grass.

American Standard Version

My days are like a shadow that declineth; And I am withered like grass.

Amplified


My days are like an evening shadow that lengthens and vanishes [with the sun];
And as for me, I wither away like grass.

Darby Translation

My days are like a lengthened-out shadow, and I, I am withered like grass.

Julia Smith Translation

My days declining as a shadow, and I shall be dried up as grass.

King James 2000

My days are like a shadow that declines; and I am withered like grass.

Lexham Expanded Bible

My days [are] like a lengthened shadow, and I wither like grass.

Modern King James verseion

My days are like a shadow stretched out; and I wither like grass.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

My days are gone like a shadow, and I am withered like grass.

NET Bible

My days are coming to an end, and I am withered like grass.

New Heart English Bible

My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass.

The Emphasized Bible

My days, are like a shadow extended, And, I, as green herbage, do wither.

Webster

My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

World English Bible

My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass.

Youngs Literal Translation

My days as a shadow are stretched out, And I -- as the herb I am withered.

References

American

Context Readings

Affliction In Light Of Eternity

10 because of your indignation and wrath, when you lifted and threw me away. 11 My life is like a declining shadow, and I am withering like a plant. 12 But you, LORD, are enthroned forever; You are remembered throughout all generations.

Cross References

Job 14:2

He springs up like a flower and then withers. Like a shadow, he disappears and doesn't last.

Psalm 109:23

I am fading away like a shadow late in the day; I am shaken off like a locust.

Psalm 144:4

The human person is a mere empty breath; his days are like a fading shadow.

Psalm 39:5-6

Look, you have made my life span fit in your hand; It is nothing compared to yours. Surely every person at their best is a puff of wind. Interlude

Psalm 102:3-4

For my days are vanishing like smoke; my bones are charred as in a fireplace.

Isaiah 40:6-8

A voice says, "Cry out!" So I asked, "What am I to cry out?" "All humanity is grass, and all its loyalty is like the flowers of the field.

James 1:10

and a rich person in his having been humbled, because he will fade away like a wild flower.

James 4:14

You do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

1 Peter 1:24

For "All human life is like grass, and all its glory is like a flower in the grass. The grass dries up and the flower drops off,

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