And their inhabitants were powerless, they were overthrown and put to shame, they were as the grass of the field and the green plants, as the grass on the house-tops and withered before it came up.
1 Peter 1:24 - The Scriptures 2009 because “All flesh is as grass, and all the esteem of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For all flesh (mankind) is like grass, and all its glory (honor) like [the] flower of grass. The grass withers and the flower drops off, American Standard Version (1901) For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth: Common English Bible Thus, “All human life on the earth is like grass, ” “and all human glory is like a flower in a field. ” “The grass dries up and its flower falls off, ” Catholic Public Domain Version For all flesh is like the grass and all its glory is like the flower of the grass. The grass withers and its flower falls away. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For all flesh is as grass; and all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass is withered, and the flower thereof is fallen away. |
And their inhabitants were powerless, they were overthrown and put to shame, they were as the grass of the field and the green plants, as the grass on the house-tops and withered before it came up.
He comes forth like a flower and withers. He flees like a shadow and does not continue.
My heart is stricken and withered like grass, For I have forgotten to eat my bread.
A man’s days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Let them be as the grass on the house-tops, Which withers before it grows up,
As but a shadow each one walks; They busy themselves, only in vain; He heaps up wealth, But knows not who gathers them.
You have swept them away, They are as a sleep, Like grass that springs up in the morning.
When the wrong spring up like grass, And all the workers of wickedness blossom, It is for them to be destroyed forever.
“I, I am He who comforts you. Who are you that you should be afraid of man that dies, and of the son of man who is made like grass?
“But if Elohim so clothes the grass of the field, which exists today, and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more you, O you of little belief?
when you do not know of tomorrow. For what is your life? For it is a vapour that appears for a little, and then disappears –
And the world passes away, and the lust of it, but the one doing the desire of Elohim remains forever.