Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.
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.
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.
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 By David. Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity, 2 For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade. 3 Trust in Jehovah, and do good, Dwell in the land, and enjoy faithfulness,
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 73:17-20
Till I come in to the sanctuaries of God, I attend to their latter end.
Psalm 90:5-6
Thou hast inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning as grass he changeth.
Psalm 92:7
When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity -- For their being destroyed for ever and ever!
Job 14:2
As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.
Job 20:5-9
That the singing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the profane for a moment,
Psalm 37:35-36
I have seen the wicked terrible, And spreading as a green native plant,
Psalm 129:5-7
Confounded and turn backward do all hating Zion.
James 1:10-11
and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away;
1 Peter 1:24
because all flesh is as grass, and all glory of man as flower of grass; wither did the grass, and the flower of it fell away,