Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The life of mortals is like grass, they flourish like a flower of the field; New Living Translation Our days on earth are like grass; like wildflowers, we bloom and die. English Standard Version As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; Berean Standard Bible As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field; King James Bible As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. New King James Version As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes. New American Standard Bible As for man, his days are like grass; Like a flower of the field, so he flourishes. NASB 1995 As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes. NASB 1977 As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes. Legacy Standard Bible As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flowers. Amplified Bible As for man, his days are like grass; Like a flower of the field, so he flourishes. Christian Standard Bible As for man, his days are like grass — he blooms like a flower of the field; Holman Christian Standard Bible As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field; American Standard Version As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. Contemporary English Version We humans are like grass or wild flowers that quickly bloom. English Revised Version As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. GOD'S WORD® Translation Human life is as short-lived as grass. It blossoms like a flower in the field. Good News Translation As for us, our life is like grass. We grow and flourish like a wild flower; International Standard Version A person's life is like grass— it blossoms like wild flowers, Majority Standard Bible As for man, his days are like grass?he blooms like 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's Bible Translation 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionMortal man! His days [are] as grass, "" He flourishes as a flower of the field; Young's Literal Translation Mortal man! as grass are his days, As a flower of the field so he flourisheth; Smith's Literal Translation Man, his days as grass: as the blossom of the field, thus he will flourish. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims Bibleman's days are as grass, as the flower of the field so shall he flourish. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible As for man, his days are like the grass; he blossoms like a flower in the field. New Revised Standard Version As for mortals, their days are like grass; they flourish like a flower of the field; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAs for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourishes. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated A son of man is like the grass in its days and like a flower of the field so he springs up. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. Brenton Septuagint Translation As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so shall he flourish. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Bless the LORD, O My Soul…14For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust. 15As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field; 16when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.… Cross References James 4:14 You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 1 Peter 1:24 For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, Isaiah 40:6-8 A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field. / The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass. / The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.” Job 14:1-2 “Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble. / Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure. Psalm 90:5-6 You sweep them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning— / in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers. 1 John 2:17 The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever. Matthew 6:30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Isaiah 51:12 “I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass? Job 8:9 For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow. 1 Corinthians 7:31 and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away. 2 Corinthians 4:18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. Ecclesiastes 1:4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever. Ecclesiastes 6:12 For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun? Psalm 39:5 You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah Psalm 78:39 He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return. Treasury of Scripture As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourishes. his days Psalm 90:5,6 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up… Isaiah 40:6-8 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: … Isaiah 51:12 I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; a flower Job 14:1-3 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble… Isaiah 28:1,4 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine! … Nahum 1:4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. Jump to Previous Beautiful Field Flourishes Flourisheth Flower Grass Growth MortalJump to Next Beautiful Field Flourishes Flourisheth Flower Grass Growth MortalPsalm 103 1. An exhortation to bless God for his mercy5. And for the constancy thereof As for man The phrase "As for man" introduces a comparison between humanity and the eternal nature of God. The Hebrew word for "man" here is "enosh," which emphasizes the frailty and mortality of human beings. This term is often used in Scripture to highlight human weakness and the transient nature of life. In the broader biblical context, it serves as a reminder of our dependence on God and the need for humility before Him. his days are like grass he flourishes like a flower of the field Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew As for man,אֱ֭נוֹשׁ (’ĕ·nō·wōš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person his days יָמָ֑יו (yā·māw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day are like grass— כֶּחָצִ֣יר (ke·ḥā·ṣîr) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2682: Green grass, herbage he blooms יָצִֽיץ׃ (yā·ṣîṣ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6692: To twinkle, glance, to blossom like a flower כְּצִ֥יץ (kə·ṣîṣ) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6731: Glistening, a burnished plate, a flower, a wing of the field; הַ֝שָּׂדֶ֗ה (haś·śā·ḏeh) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7704: Field, land Links Psalm 103:15 NIVPsalm 103:15 NLT Psalm 103:15 ESV Psalm 103:15 NASB Psalm 103:15 KJV Psalm 103:15 BibleApps.com Psalm 103:15 Biblia Paralela Psalm 103:15 Chinese Bible Psalm 103:15 French Bible Psalm 103:15 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 103:15 As for man his days are like (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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