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Psalms 103:16
16A hot wind blows over flowers and they die! Nobody even remembers where they were growing.
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
14He knows that we are weak humans. He remembers that he used dust to make us. 15A person's life is like grass that quickly dies. He is strong only for a short time, like wild flowers in a field. A 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. 18He continues to love people who obey his covenant. Those are the people who obey his laws.
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 27:20Troubles come to them like a flood of water, and they are very afraid. A storm comes in the night to carry them away.
- Isaiah 40:7Grass quickly dies, and flowers fall to the ground. The Lord causes this to happen, when he sends a wind to blow on them. It is true. People are like grass.
- Job 7:6My life is passing very fast. Each day passes too quickly to see it! The days of my life will finish, and I cannot hope for anything to get better.
- Job 8:18But finally, someone pulls those weeds out of the ground. When that happens, nobody knows that the weeds were ever there.
- Job 20:9People who knew him will never see him again. His family will no longer recognize 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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