New English Translation
Psalms 103:16
16but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.
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; he realizes we are made of clay. 15A person’s life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes, but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew. 17But the Lord continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers, and is faithful to their descendants, 18to those who keep his covenant, who are careful to obey his commands.
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 overwhelm him like a flood; at night a whirlwind carries him off.
- Isaiah 40:7The grass dries up, the flowers wither, when the wind sent by the Lord blows on them. Surely humanity is like grass.
- Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle and they come to an end without hope.
- Job 8:18If he is uprooted from his place, then that place will disown him, saying, ‘I have never seen you!’
- Job 20:9People who had seen him will not see him again, and the place where he was will recognize him no longer.
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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