Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
For the wind passed over upon it and it is not; and its place shall know it no more.
New American Standard Bible
And its
King James Version
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Holman Bible
and its place is no longer known.
International Standard Version
but when the wind blows through it, it withers away and no one remembers where it was.
A Conservative Version
For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and the place thereof shall know it no more.
American Standard Version
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; And the place thereof shall know it no more.
Amplified
For the wind passes over it and it is no more,
And its place knows it no longer.
Bible in Basic English
The wind goes over it and it is gone; and its place sees it no longer.
Darby Translation
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone, and the place thereof knoweth it no more.
King James 2000
For the wind passes over it, and it is gone; and the place there shall know it no more.
Lexham Expanded Bible
When [the] wind passes over it, it is no more, and its place knows it no longer.
Modern King James verseion
For the wind passes over it, and it is gone; and its place shall know it no more.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone, and the place thereof knoweth it no more.
NET Bible
but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.
New Heart English Bible
For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more.
The Emphasized Bible
For, a wind, hath passed ever it, and it is gone, And its own place is acquainted with it no more.
Webster
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and its place shall know it no more.
World English Bible
For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more.
Youngs Literal Translation
For a wind hath passed over it, and it is not, And its place doth not discern it any more.
Themes
Endurance » What does not endure
Flowers » Described as » Evanescent
Man » A social being » As grass
Mortality » Of man » Man compared to withering grass
Topics
References
American
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 103:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Forgiving God
15 Man, his days as grass: as the blossom of the field, thus he will flourish. 16 For the wind passed over upon it and it is not; and its place shall know it no more. 17 And the mercy of Jehovah is from forever even to forever upon those fearing him, and his justice to sons' sons.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 40:7
The grass was dried up, the flower fell away: for the spirit of Jehovah blew upon it: surely the people grass.
Job 20:9
The eye scanned him and shall not add; and his place shall no more look after him.
Genesis 5:24
And Enoch shall walk with God, and be not, for God took him.
Job 7:6-10
My days were swift above a weaver's shuttle, and will finish with no more of hope.
Job 8:18-19
If he should swallow him down from his place, and it lied upon it: I saw thee not
Job 14:10
And man will die and be weak: and man will expire, and where is he?
Job 27:20-21
Terrors shall hedge him about as waters, the night a tempest stole him away.