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Psalms 102:11

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

KJV

Quoniam secundum altitudinem cæli a terra, corroboravit misericordiam suam super timentes se ;

Vulgate

ὅτι κατὰ τὸ ὕψος τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἐκραταίωσεν Κύριος τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τοὺς φοβουμένους αὐτόν·

LXX

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

ASV

מִ/פְּנֵֽי זַֽעַמְ/ךָ֥ וְ/קִצְפֶּ֑/ךָ כִּ֥י נְ֝שָׂאתַ֗/נִי וַ/תַּשְׁלִיכֵֽ/נִי

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הוּ
hv
verb · 125×
זַ֔עַם
z'm
noun · 21×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
קֶ֣צֶף
qtsp
noun · 29×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 29:15 — For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.
  • 1Pet 1:24 — For 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:
  • Eccl 6:12 — For 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?
  • Isa 40:6 — 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:
  • Isa 40:6 — 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:
  • Jas 1:10 — But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
  • Jas 4:14 — Whereas 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.
  • Job 7:6 — My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
  • Job 8:9 — (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
  • Job 14:2 — He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
  • Job 14:2 — He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
  • Ps 109:23 — I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
  • Ps 144:4 — Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
  • Ps 144:4 — Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.