Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
As for man, like grass, are his days, Like the blossom of the field, so, doth he blossom;
New American Standard Bible
As a
King James Version
As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
Holman Bible
he blooms like a flower of the field;
International Standard Version
A person's life is like grass it blossoms like wild flowers,
A Conservative Version
As for man, his days are as grass, as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
American Standard Version
As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
Amplified
As for man, his days are like grass;
Like a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Bible in Basic English
As for man, his days are as grass: his beautiful growth is like the flower of the field.
Darby Translation
As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth:
Julia Smith Translation
Man, his days as grass: as the blossom of the field, thus he will flourish.
King James 2000
As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Lexham Expanded Bible
As for man, his days [are] like the grass. As the flower of the field, so he blossoms.
Modern King James verseion
As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
that a man in his time is but as grass, and flourisheth as a flower of the field.
NET Bible
A person's life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes,
New Heart English Bible
As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Webster
As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
World English Bible
As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Youngs Literal Translation
Mortal man! as grass are his days, As a flower of the field so he flourisheth;
Themes
Endurance » What does not endure
Flowers » Illustrative of » Shortness of man's life
Grass » Illustrative » Of shortness and uncertainty of life
Man » A social being » As grass
Topics
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 103:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Forgiving God
14 For, he, knoweth how we are formed, He is mindful that, dust, we are. 15 As for man, like grass, are his days, Like the blossom of the field, so, doth he blossom; 16 For, a wind, hath passed ever it, and it is gone, And its own place is acquainted with it no more.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Peter 1:24
Inasmuch as - All flesh, is as grass, and, all the glory thereof, as the flower of grass, - The grass hath withered, and the flower hath fallen out,
James 1:10-11
Whereas the rich, in his being brought low, - because, as a flower of grass, he will pass away;
Job 14:1-3
Man that is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble:
Psalm 90:5-6
Thou hast snatched them away, A sleep, do they become, In the morning, they are like grass that shooteth up,
Isaiah 28:1
Alas! for the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, And for his fading wreath of majestic beauty, - Which is on the head of the fertile valley, of them who are overcome with wine.
Isaiah 28:4
So shall his fading wreath of majestic beauty, Which is on the head of the fertile valley, become - Like the first-ripe fig before fruit-harvest, Which when he that looketh upon it seeth while it is yet in his hand, he swalloweth it up.
Isaiah 40:6-8
A voice saying Cry! And one said - What should I cry? All flesh, is grass, And, all the grace thereof, like the flower of the field:
Isaiah 51:12
I - I, am he that comforteth you, - Who art, thou, that thou hast feared Frail man that dieth, and A son of the earthborn, who, as grass, shall be delivered up?
Nahum 1:4
Who rebuketh the sea and hath made it dry, and, all the streams, hath he dried up, - withered are Bashan and Carmel, Even the bloom of Lebanon, is withered: