Parallel Verses
NET Bible
A person's life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes,
New American Standard Bible
As a
King James Version
As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
Holman Bible
he blooms like a flower of the field;
International Standard Version
A person's life is like grass it blossoms like wild flowers,
A Conservative Version
As for man, his days are as grass, as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
American Standard Version
As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
Amplified
As for man, his days are like grass;
Like a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Bible in Basic English
As for man, his days are as grass: his beautiful growth is like the flower of the field.
Darby Translation
As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth:
Julia Smith Translation
Man, his days as grass: as the blossom of the field, thus he will flourish.
King James 2000
As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Lexham Expanded Bible
As for man, his days [are] like the grass. As the flower of the field, so he blossoms.
Modern King James verseion
As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
that a man in his time is but as grass, and flourisheth as a flower of the field.
New Heart English Bible
As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
The Emphasized Bible
As for man, like grass, are his days, Like the blossom of the field, so, doth he blossom;
Webster
As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
World English Bible
As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Youngs Literal Translation
Mortal man! as grass are his days, As a flower of the field so he flourisheth;
Themes
Endurance » What does not endure
Flowers » Illustrative of » Shortness of man's life
Grass » Illustrative » Of shortness and uncertainty of life
Man » A social being » As grass
Topics
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 103:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Forgiving God
14 For he knows what we are made of; he realizes we are made of clay. 15 A person's life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes, 16 but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Peter 1:24
For all flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of the grass; the grass withers and the flower falls off,
James 1:10-11
But the rich person's pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow.
Job 14:1-3
"Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble.
Psalm 90:5-6
You bring their lives to an end and they "fall asleep." In the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up;
Isaiah 28:1
The splendid crown of Ephraim's drunkards is doomed, the withering flower, its beautiful splendor, situated at the head of a rich valley, the crown of those overcome with wine.
Isaiah 28:4
The withering flower, its beautiful splendor, situated at the head of a rich valley, will be like an early fig before harvest -- as soon as someone notices it, he grabs it and swallows it.
Isaiah 40:6-8
A voice says, "Cry out!" Another asks, "What should I cry out?" The first voice responds: "All people are like grass, and all their promises are like the flowers in the field.
Isaiah 51:12
"I, I am the one who consoles you. Why are you afraid of mortal men, of mere human beings who are as short-lived as grass?
Nahum 1:4
He shouts a battle cry against the sea and makes it dry up; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither; the blossom of Lebanon withers.