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Bible in Basic English

For they will quickly be cut down like grass, and become dry like the green plants.

New American Standard Bible

For they will wither quickly like the grass
And fade like the green herb.

King James Version

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

Holman Bible

For they wither quickly like grass
and wilt like tender green plants.

International Standard Version

Indeed, they soon will wither like grass, and like green herbs they will fade away.

A Conservative Version

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

American Standard Version

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.

Amplified


For they will wither quickly like the grass,
And fade like the green herb.

Darby Translation

for they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and fade as the green herb.

Julia Smith Translation

For as grass hastening they shall be cut down, and as the greenness of grass they shall fall away.

King James 2000

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For like the grass they will dry up quickly, and like green vegetation they will wither.

Modern King James verseion

For they shall soon wither like the grass; and fade as the green herb.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and be withered even as the green herb.

NET Bible

For they will quickly dry up like grass, and wither away like plants.

New Heart English Bible

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb.

The Emphasized Bible

For, like grass, soon shall they wither, and, like green herbage, shall they fade.

Webster

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

World English Bible

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb.

Youngs Literal Translation

For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.

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Context Readings

Instruction In Wisdom

1 Do not be angry because of the wrongdoers, or have envy of the workers of evil. 2 For they will quickly be cut down like grass, and become dry like the green plants. 3 Have faith in the Lord, and do good; be at rest in the land, and go after righteousness.

Cross References

Psalm 73:17-20

Till I went into God's holy place, and saw the end of the evil-doers.

Job 14:2

He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.

Job 20:5-9

That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute?

Psalm 37:35-36

I have seen the evil-doer in great power, covering the earth like a great tree.

James 1:10-11

But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end.

1 Peter 1:24

For it is said, All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass becomes dry and the flower dead:

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