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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.
NET Bible
A person's life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes,
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 our conception and he remembers that we are dust.
15
As a
Phrases
Cross References
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.
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.
Job 14:1-3
Man born of woman, lives a short life that is full of trouble.
Psalm 90:5-6
You sweep mortals away in the sleep of death. They sprout again in the morning like grass.
Isaiah 28:1
Woe to the proud drunks who wear the crown of Ephraim for it is doomed! Its glory is fading like the crowns of flowers on their heads. They are at the entrance of a fertile valley. They are drunk from wine.
Isaiah 28:4
The fading flower of his glorious beauty is found at the head of the fertile valley. He looks at the first-ripe fig before the summer. He picks it with his hand and eats it.
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.
Isaiah 51:12
I, even I, am the one who comforts you. Who are you that you fear mortal men? The sons of men are like grass!
Nahum 1:4
He rebukes the sea, and makes it dry. He dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel become dry and the flower of Lebanon withers.