Psalms 37:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.”
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BSBPD
“For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 37:2 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 14:2Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
- Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
- Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
- Psalms 73:17until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.
- Psalms 90:5You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
- Psalms 92:7that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
- Psalms 92:8But You, O LORD, are exalted forever!
- Psalms 129:5May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
- Psalms 129:6May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,
- Proverbs 24:20For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
- James 1:10But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
- 1 Peter 1:24For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
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