Psalm 102:11
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My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.
In other translations
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Job 14:2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
- Psalm 109:23I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
- Psalm 144:4Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
- 1 Peter 1:24For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
- James 1:10But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
- James 4:14Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
- Isaiah 40:6-86 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: 7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. 8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.6 A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field. 7 The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass. 8 The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
- Psalm 39:5-65 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.5 You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah 6 Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
- Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
- Psalm 102:3-43 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. 4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.3 For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers. 4 My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.
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