Parallel Verses
NET Bible
For he knows what we are made of; he realizes we are made of clay.
New American Standard Bible
He
King James Version
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
Holman Bible
remembering that we are dust.
International Standard Version
For he knows how we were formed, aware that we were made from dust.
A Conservative Version
For he knows our frame. He remembers that we are dust.
American Standard Version
For he knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.
Amplified
For He knows our [mortal] frame;
He remembers that we are [merely] dust.
Bible in Basic English
For he has knowledge of our feeble frame; he sees that we are only dust.
Darby Translation
For himself knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
Julia Smith Translation
For he knew our formation; he remembered that we are dust.
King James 2000
For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For he knows our frame. He remembers that we [are] dust.
Modern King James verseion
For He knows our form; He remembers that we are dust.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For he knoweth whereof we be made, he remembereth that we are but dust;
New Heart English Bible
For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust.
The Emphasized Bible
For, he, knoweth how we are formed, He is mindful that, dust, we are.
Webster
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
World English Bible
For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust.
Youngs Literal Translation
For He hath known our frame, Remembering that we are dust.
Themes
the Earth » Man » Formed out of
Man » Extremity of examples of » Frailty of
God, Wisdom of » Exhibited in knowing » The infirmities of saints
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 103:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Forgiving God
13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on his faithful followers. 14 For he knows what we are made of; he realizes we are made of clay. 15 A person's life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes,
Cross References
Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return."
Ecclesiastes 12:7
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life's breath returns to God who gave it.
Job 7:5-7
My body is clothed with worms and dirty scabs; my skin is broken and festering.
Job 7:21
And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone."
Job 10:9
Remember that you have made me as with the clay; will you return me to dust?
Job 13:25
Do you wish to torment a windblown leaf and chase after dry chaff?
Psalm 78:38-39
Yet he is compassionate. He forgives sin and does not destroy. He often holds back his anger, and does not stir up his fury.
Psalm 89:47
Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal?
Isaiah 29:16
Your thinking is perverse! Should the potter be regarded as clay? Should the thing made say about its maker, "He didn't make me"? Or should the pottery say about the potter, "He doesn't understand"?