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Psalms 103:15
15A person's life is like grass that quickly dies. He is strong only for a short time, like wild flowers in a field.
Psalms 103:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
- New International Version (NIV)The life of mortals is like grass, they flourish like a flower of the field;
- English Standard Version (ESV)As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field;
- New King James Version (NKJV)As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Context of Psalms 103:15
13As a father is kind to his children, the Lord is kind to us. He is kind to people who worship him. 14He knows that we are weak humans. He remembers that he used dust to make us. A person's life is like grass that quickly dies. He is strong only for a short time, like wild flowers in a field. 16A hot wind blows over flowers and they die! Nobody even remembers where they were growing. 17But the faithful love of the Lord will always be with people who worship him. He promises to be kind to their children's children for ever.
Read all of Psalms 103Psalms 103:15 word by word
אֱ֭נוֹשׁ כֶּחָצִ֣יר יָמָ֑יו כְּצִ֥יץ הַ֝שָּׂדֶ֗ה כֵּ֣ן יָצִֽיץ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 103:15
- Psalms 90:5You cause people's lives to end, as a dream finishes when you wake up. People are like grass that appears in the morning.
- Isaiah 40:6A voice is saying, ‘Shout!’ But I say, ‘What should I shout?’ ‘Shout that all people are like grass. Their promises are like the flowers in a field.
- Isaiah 51:12‘I am the Lord who comforts you. You do not need to be afraid of people who are only human. Remember that they will all die one day, like grass that only lives for a short time.
- James 1:10And the believers who are rich should also be happy. Why? Because God has shown them that they are not so great. Rich people should remember that they will die, like a wild flower quickly dies.
- 1 Peter 1:24The Bible says: ‘All people are like grass. They may seem beautiful for a short time, like flowers that grow in the fields. But grass soon becomes dry and it dies. Flowers soon fall to the ground.
- Job 14:1Everyone that a woman gives birth to lives only for a short time. The days of his life are full of trouble.
- Isaiah 28:1It will be very bad for Ephraim's beautiful city, Samaria! The people who live there drink too much wine and they become drunk. They are proud of their great city. It is on a hill above a valley where many good things grow. It is like a beautiful flower, but it will be beautiful no more and it will die.
- Nahum 1:4He can cause the sea and the rivers to become dry by one word. The fertile places of Bashan and Carmel become dry and the green forests of Lebanon die too.
Commentaries on Psalms 103:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15His days are as grass - See the note on Psalm 90:5.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15As for man - literally, “Man; like the grass are his days!” The thought is fixed on man: man so frail and weak; man, not only made originally of earth, but man delicate, feeble, soon to pass away like the springing grass, or like the fading flower. His days are as grass - See the notes at Psalm 90:5-6; compare Isaiah 40:6-8, notes; 1 Peter 1:24, note. As a flower of the field - As a blossom. It opens with beauty and fragrance, but soon fades and perishes…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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