Psalms 103:15 · KJV
“{As for} man, his days {are} as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.”
— Psalms 103:15
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we {are} dust.
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. {it is...: Heb. it is not}
Psalms 103 — Context
Like as a father pitieth {his} children, {so} the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
14For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we {are} dust.
15{As for} man, his days {are} as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
16For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. {it is...: Heb. it is not}
17But the mercy of the LORD {is} from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
Cross References
1 Peter 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: {For: or, For that}
James 1:10-11
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
Isaiah 51:12
I, {even} I, {am} he that comforteth you: who {art} thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man {that} shall die, and of the son of man {which} shall be made {as} grass;
Isaiah 28:1
Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty {is} a fading flower, which {are} on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine! {overcome: Heb. broken}
Isaiah 40:6-8
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:
Job 14:1-3
Man {that is} born of a woman {is} of few days, and full of trouble. {few...: Heb. short of days}
Isaiah 28:4
And the glorious beauty, which {is} on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, {and} as the hasty fruit before the summer; which {when} he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up. {eateth: Heb. swalloweth}
Nahum 1:4
He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.