Woe to the proud garland of the drunkards of Ephraim and the fading flower of its glorious beauty, at the head of the fertile valley, those overcome with wine!
Psalm 103:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 As for mortals, their days are like grass; they flourish like a flower of the field; More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As for man, his days are as grass: As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourishes. American Standard Version (1901) As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. Common English Bible The days of a human life are like grass: they bloom like a wildflower; Catholic Public Domain Version and wine, in order to cheer the heart of man. Then he may gladden his face with oil, and bread will confirm the heart of man. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version and that wine may cheer the heart of man. That he may make the face cheerful with oil: and that bread may strengthen man's heart. |
Woe to the proud garland of the drunkards of Ephraim and the fading flower of its glorious beauty, at the head of the fertile valley, those overcome with wine!
And the fading flower of its glorious beauty, at the head of the fertile valley, will be like a first-ripe fig before the summer; whoever sees it eats it up as soon as it comes to hand.
I, I am he who comforts you; why then are you afraid of a mere mortal who must die, a human being who fades like grass?
He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, and he dries up all the rivers; Bashan and Carmel wither, and the bloom of Lebanon fades.
For “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,