Parallel Verses

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.

International Standard Version

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

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 This is because of your indignation and your anger. You have lifted me up and cast me away. 11 My days are like a lengthened shadow,
And I wither away like grass.
12 But You, O Jehovah, remain forever. Your name is for all generations.

Cross References

Job 14:2

He springs up like a flower and fades away. He is like a fleeting shadow and does not endure.

Psalm 109:23

I fade away like a lengthening shadow. I have been shaken off like a grasshopper.

Psalm 144:4

Man is like a mere breath. His days are like a passing shadow.

Psalm 39:5-6

Indeed, you have made the length of my days very short. My life span is nothing compared to yours. Certainly, everyone alive is like a whisper in the wind.

Psalm 102:3-4

My days have been consumed in smoke, and my bones have been scorched like a hearth.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

Who knows what is good for man in this life? Are all the days of his vain life that he spends like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will happen after his existence under the sun?

Isaiah 40:6-8

A voice shouts: Cry out! And I said: What shall I cry? The voice shouts: All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field.

James 1:10

But the rich must be glad when God humbles them. This is because they will wither like wildflowers and pass away.

James 4:14

You do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? For you are a vapor (puff of air) that appears for a little while and then vanishes 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.

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