Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
For a wind hath passed over it, and it is not, And its place doth not discern it any 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.
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.
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.
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 Mortal man! as grass are his days, As a flower of the field so he flourisheth; 16 For a wind hath passed over it, and it is not, And its place doth not discern it any more. 17 And the kindness of Jehovah Is from age even unto age on those fearing Him, And His righteousness to sons' sons,
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 40:7
Withered hath grass, faded the flower, For the Spirit of Jehovah blew upon it, Surely the people is grass;
Job 20:9
The eye hath not seen him, and addeth not. And not again doth his place behold him.
Genesis 5:24
And Enoch walketh habitually with God, and he is not, for God hath taken him.
Job 7:6-10
My days swifter than a weaving machine, And they are consumed without hope.
Job 8:18-19
If one doth destroy him from his place, Then it hath feigned concerning him, I have not seen thee!
Job 14:10
And a man dieth, and becometh weak, And man expireth, and where is he?
Job 27:20-21
Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.