Psalms 103:14

In 11 translations

BSB

For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.

KJV

For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

WEB

For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust.

ASV

For he knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.

LSV

For He has known our frame, || Remembering that we [are] dust.

YLT

For He hath known our frame, Remembering that we [are] dust.

DBY

For himself knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

DRC102:14

For he knoweth our frame. He remembereth that we are dust:

GNV

For he knoweth whereof we be made: he remembreth that we are but dust.

JPS

For He knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.

LXXE102:14

For he knows our frame: remember that we are dust.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כִּי־ה֖וּא יָדַ֣ע יִצְרֵ֑נוּ זָ֝כ֗וּר כִּי־עָפָ֥ר אֲנָֽחְנוּ׃

LXX-Br102:14

Ὅτι αὐτὸς ἔγνω τὸ πλάσμα ἡμῶν· μνήσθητι ὅτι χοῦς ἐσμεν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ecclesiastes 12:7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
• Psalms 78:38–39And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath. He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not…
• Job 10:9Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?
• Psalms 89:47Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
• Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
• Job 7:5–7My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering. My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope. Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes…
• Job 7:21Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”
• Job 13:25Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?
• Isaiah 29:16You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?

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