Psalms 103:14
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
KJV
producens fœnum jumentis, et herbam servituti hominum, ut educas panem de terra,
Vulgate
ἐξανατέλλων χόρτον τοῖς κτήνεσιν καὶ χλόην τῇ δουλείᾳ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, τοῦ ἐξαγαγεῖν ἄρτον ἐκ τῆς γῆς·
LXX
For he knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.
ASV
כִּי ה֖וּא יָדַ֣ע יִצְרֵ֑/נוּ זָ֝כ֗וּר כִּי עָפָ֥ר אֲנָֽחְנוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲנַ֣חְנוּ
'nchnv
pronoun · 120×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
זְכָר
zkr
verb · 231×
יֵ֥צֶר
ytsr
noun · 10×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
עָפָ֥ר
'pr
noun · 109×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210228.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
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Cross-references
- Eccl 12:7 — Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
- Gen 2:7 — And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
- Gen 3:19 — In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
- Gen 3:19 — In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
- Isa 29:16 — Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He ha
- Job 6:11 — What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
- Job 7:5 — My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
- Job 7:21 — And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
- Job 10:9 — Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
- Job 13:25 — Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
- Ps 39:4 — LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.
- Ps 78:38 — But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
- Ps 78:39 — For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
- Ps 89:47 — Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?