Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 103:16
16when the wind passes over it, it vanishes, and its place is no longer known.
Psalms 103:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
- New International Version (NIV)the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.
- English Standard Version (ESV)for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, And its place remembers it no more.
Context of Psalms 103:16
14For he knows what we are made of, remembering that we are dust. 15As for man, his days are like grass — he blooms like a flower of the field; when the wind passes over it, it vanishes, and its place is no longer known. 17But from eternity to eternity the Lord’s faithful love is toward those who fear him, and his righteousness toward the grandchildren 18of those who keep his covenant, who remember to observe his precepts.
Read all of Psalms 103Psalms 103:16 word by word
כִּ֤י ר֣וּחַ עָֽבְרָה־בּ֣וֹ וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ וְלֹא־יַכִּירֶ֖נּוּ ע֣וֹד מְקוֹמֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 103:16
- Job 27:20Terrors overtake him like a flood; a storm wind sweeps him away at night.
- Isaiah 40:7The grass withers, the flowers fade when the breath of the Lord blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.
- Job 7:6My days pass more swiftly than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
- Job 8:18If he is uprooted from his place, it will deny knowing him, saying, “I never saw you.”
- Job 20:9The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his household will no longer see him.
Commentaries on Psalms 103:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16The wind passeth over it - Referring perhaps to some blasting pestilential wind.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone - Margin, as in Hebrew, “it is not.” The reference is either to a hot and burning wind, that dries up the flower; or to a furious wind that tears it from its stem; or to a gentle breeze that takes off its petals as they loosen their hold, and are ready to fall. So man falls - as if a breath - a breeze - came over him, and he is gone. How easily is man swept off! How little force, apparently, does it require to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-18Verses 15-18 How short is man's life, and uncertain! The flower of the garden is commonly more choice, and will last the longer, for being sheltered by the garden-wall, and the gardener's care; but the flower of the field, to which life is here compared, is not only withering in itself, but exposed to the cold blasts, and liable to be cropt and trod on by the beasts of the field. Such is man. God considers this, and pities him; let him consider it…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-16The Lord compassionately cares for weak humans (see Psalm 37:2; 90:5; 92:7; 102:4; Isaiah 40:6–8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-1615-16. So short and frail is life that a breath may destroy it. it is gone--literally, "it is not." know it no more--no more recognize him (Psa 90:6; Is 40:6-8).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 103
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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