Psalm 103:16

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Psalm 103:16

Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone, and the place thereof knoweth it no more.

New American Standard Bible

When the wind has passed over it, it is no more,
And its place acknowledges it no longer.

King James Version

For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.

Holman Bible

when the wind passes over it, it vanishes,
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.

Julia Smith Translation

For the wind passed over upon it and it is not; and its place shall know 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.

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

Man » The days of man

Mortality » Of man » Man compared to withering grass

Vanishing » What vanishes away

Wind » Often blighting

Topics

Things Passing Away

References

American

Grass

Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 103:16

Verse Info

Bible Rank: 30804
Psalm Rank: 2247
1 Topic
7 Themes
7 Cross References
1 Reading
1 Name
1 Reference

Context Readings

¹⁵ that a man in his time is but as grass, and flourisheth as a flower of the field. ¹⁶ For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone, and the place thereof knoweth it no more. ¹⁷ But the merciful goodness of the LORD endureth for ever and ever upon them that fear him, and his righteousness upon their children's children;

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Cross References

Isaiah 40:7

When the grass is withered, the flower falleth away. Even so is the people as grass, when the breath of the LORD bloweth upon them.

Job 20:9

So that the eye which saw him before, getteth now no sight of him, and his place knoweth him no more.

Genesis 5:24

and then Enoch lived a godly life, and was no more seen - for God took him away.

Job 7:6-10

my days pass over more speedily than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

Job 8:18-19

But if it be taken out of its place, every man denieth it, saying, 'I know thee not.'

Job 14:10

But as for man; when he is dead, perished and consumed away, what becometh of him?

Job 27:20-21

Destruction taketh hold upon him as a water flood, and the tempest stealeth him away in the night season.