Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
For he knows our frame. 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.
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.
World English Bible
For he knows how we are made. He remembers 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 as a father pities his sons, So LORD pities those who fear him. 14 For he knows our frame. He remembers that we are dust. 15 As for man, his days are as grass, as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Cross References
Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of thy face thou shall eat bread, till thou return to the ground, for out of it thou were taken. For thou are dust, and to dust thou 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
And why do thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lay down in the dust, and thou will seek me diligently, but I shall not be.
Job 10:9
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou have fashioned me as clay. And will thou bring me into dust again?
Job 13:25
Will thou harass a driven leaf? And will thou pursue the dry stubble?
Psalm 78:38-39
But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and destroyed not. Yea, many a time he turned his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
Psalm 89:47
O remember how short my time is, for what vanity thou have created all the sons of men!
Isaiah 29:16
Ye turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay, that the thing made should say of him who made it, He did not make me, or the thing formed say of him who formed it, He has no understanding?