Psalms 103:15

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

American King James Version (AKJV)

As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

American Standard Version (ASV)

As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

As for man, his days are as grass: his beautiful growth is like the flower of the field.

Webster's Revision

As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

World English Bible

As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

English Revised Version (ERV)

As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

Clarke's Psalms 103:15 Bible Commentary

His days are as grass - See the note on Psalm 90:5.

Barnes's Psalms 103:15 Bible Commentary

As for man - literally, "Man; like the grass are his days!" The thought is fixed on man: man so frail and weak; man, not only made originally of earth, but man delicate, feeble, soon to pass away like the springing grass, or like the fading flower.

His days are as grass - See the notes at Psalm 90:5-6; compare Isaiah 40:6-8, notes; 1 Peter 1:24, note.

As a flower of the field - As a blossom. It opens with beauty and fragrance, but soon fades and perishes.

So he flourisheth - Rather, "So he blossoms." That is, he is like a flower that is fresh and beautiful, and that soon withers away.