He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he flees like a shadow, and continues not.
Psalm 90:6 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; In the evening it is cut down, and withereth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In the morning it flourishes and springs up; in the evening it is mown down and withers. American Standard Version (1901) In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; In the evening it is cut down, and withereth. Common English Bible True, in the morning it thrives, renewed, but come evening it withers, all dried up. Catholic Public Domain Version before the arrow flying in the day, before the troubles that wander in the darkness, nor of invasion and the midday demon. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Of the arrow that flieth in the day, of the business that walketh about in the dark: of invasion, or of the noonday devil. |
He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he flees like a shadow, and continues not.
But thou, O Lord, art enthroned for ever; thy name endures to all generations.
that, though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to destruction for ever,
A voice says, “Cry!” And I said, “What shall I cry?” All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field.
But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O men of little faith?
For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.