Psalms 102:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.”
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BSBPD
“For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“For consumed in smoke have been my days, And my bones as a fire-brand have burned.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 102:3 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 30:30My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.
- Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
- Psalms 27:9Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.
- Psalms 31:3For You are my rock and my fortress; lead me and guide me for the sake of Your name.
- Psalms 31:10For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.
- Psalms 37:20But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away.
- Psalms 38:3There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
- Psalms 119:83Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
- Lamentations 1:13He sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.
- Lamentations 3:4He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.
- James 4:14You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
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