Psalm 37:2 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

² For they will soon fade like the grass, and wither like the green herb.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

American Standard Version (1901)

² For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.

Common English Bible

² because they will fade fast, like grass; they will wither like green vegetables.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² O Lord, do not rebuke me in your fury, nor chastise me in your wrath.

Psalm 37:2 Cross References

Psalm 92:7

that, though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to destruction for ever,

Job 14:2

He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he flees like a shadow, and continues not.

1 Peter 1:24

for “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,

Psalm 92:8

but thou, O Lord, art on high for ever.

Proverbs 24:20

for the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.