Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
For like the grass they will dry up quickly, and like green vegetation they will wither.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
Holman Bible
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.
Bible in Basic English
For they will quickly be cut down like grass, and become dry like the green plants.
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.
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.
Themes
Anxiety » Why you should not be anxious
Herbs » Illustrative » Of the wicked
Wicked people » Compared with » Grass
Wicked people » Compared with » Green herbs
The wicked » Devices of » Fate of
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 37:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Instruction In Wisdom
1 Do not fret because of evildoers; do not be envious of doers of wickedness. 2 For like the grass they will dry up quickly, and like green vegetation they will wither. 3 Trust Yahweh and do good. Abide [in the] land and feed on faithfulness.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 73:17-20
until I went into the sanctuary of God. [Then] I understood their fate.
Psalm 90:5-6
You sweep them away [like a flood]. They fall asleep. In the morning [they are] like grass [that] sprouts anew.
Psalm 92:7
When the wicked flourish like grass and all [the] workers of evil blossom, [it is] so they can be destroyed forever.
Job 14:2
Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last.
Job 20:5-9
that [the] rejoicing of [the] wicked [is] {short}, and the joy of [the] godless {lasts only a moment}?
Psalm 37:35-36
I have seen [the] wicked acting violently and spreading himself out like a luxuriant native tree.
Psalm 129:5-7
Let all be put to shame and repulsed who hate Zion.
James 1:10-11
but the rich person in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a flower of the grass.
1 Peter 1:24
For "all flesh [is] like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass withers and the flower falls off,