Psalm 37:2
Modern Translations
New International Version
for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away.

New Living Translation
For like grass, they soon fade away. Like spring flowers, they soon wither.

English Standard Version
For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb.

Berean Study Bible
For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.

New American Standard Bible
For they will wither quickly like the grass, And decay like the green plants.

NASB 1995
For they will wither quickly like the grass And fade like the green herb.

NASB 1977
For they will wither quickly like the grass, And fade like the green herb.

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

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender green plants.

Contemporary English Version
They will soon disappear like grass without rain.

Good News Translation
They will soon disappear like grass that dries up; they will die like plants that wither.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They will quickly dry up like grass and wither away like green plants.

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

NET Bible
For they will quickly dry up like grass, and wither away like plants.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

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

King James 2000 Bible
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

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

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

American King James 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.

A Faithful Version
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass; and wither as the green herb.

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
For they shall soone bee cut downe like grasse, and shall wither as the greene herbe.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
For they shall soone be cut downe like the grasse: and be withered euen as the greene hearbe.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
For they shall soone be cut downe like ye grasse, & be wythered euen as ye grene herbe.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
For they are cut off speedily as grass, "" And fade as the greenness of the tender grass.

Young's Literal Translation
For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.

Smith's Literal Translation
For as grass hastening they shall be cut down, and as the greenness of grass they shall fall away.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For they shall shortly wither away as grass, and as the green herbs shall quickly fall.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For they will quickly wither away like dry grass, and in like manner to kitchen herbs, they will soon droop.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Because they dry up quickly like straw and they wither like green grass.

Lamsa Bible
For they shall soon wither like grass, and fade away as the green herbs.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
For they shall soon wither like the grass, And fade as the green herb.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For they shall soon be withered as the grass, and shall soon fall away as the green herbs.
















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