Psalms 102:11

In 11 translations

BSB

My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.

KJV

My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

WEB

My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass.

ASV

My days are like a shadow that declineth; And I am withered like grass.

LSV

My days [are] stretched out as a shadow, || And I am withered as the herb.

YLT

My days as a shadow [are] stretched out, And I — as the herb I am withered.

DBY

My days are like a lengthened-out shadow, and I, I am withered like grass.

DRC101:12

My days have declined like a shadow, and I am withered like grass.

GNV

My dayes are like a shadowe that fadeth, and I am withered like grasse.

JPS102:12

My days are like a lengthening shadow; and I am withered like grass.

LXXE101:12

My days have declined like a shadow; and I am withered like grass.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC102:12

יָ֭מַי כְּצֵ֣ל נָט֑וּי וַ֝אֲנִ֗י כָּעֵ֥שֶׂב אִיבָֽשׁ׃KJV:Ps.102.11

LXX-Br101:12

Αἱ ἡμέραι μου ὡσεὶ σκιὰ ἐκλίθησαν, κᾀγὼ ὡσεὶ χόρτος ἐξηράνθην.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 14:2Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
• Psalms 109:23I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
• 1 Peter 1:24For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
• Psalms 144:4Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
• James 1:10But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
• Isaiah 40:6–8A 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. The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on…
• James 4:14You 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.
• Psalms 102:3–4For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers. My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.
• Psalms 39:5–6You, 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 Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he…
• Ecclesiastes 6:12For 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?

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