God’s Word Translation
Psalms 103:16
16When the wind blows over the flower, it disappears, and there is no longer any sign of it.
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 certainly knows what we are made of. He bears in mind that we are dust. 15Human life is as short-lived as grass. It blossoms like a flower in the field. When the wind blows over the flower, it disappears, and there is no longer any sign of it. 17But from everlasting to everlasting, the Lord’s mercy is on those who fear him. His righteousness belongs to their children and grandchildren, 18to those who are faithful to his promise, to those who remember to follow his guiding principles.
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 windstorm snatches him away at night.
- Isaiah 40:7Grass dries up, and flowers wither when the Lord’s breath blows on them. Yes, people are like grass.
- Job 7:6My days go swifter than a weaver’s shuttle. They are spent without hope.
- Job 8:18But when it is uprooted from its place, ⌞the ground⌟ denies it ⌞and says⌟, ‘I never saw you!’
- Job 20:9Eyes that saw him will see him no more. His home will not look at him again.
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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