Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
My life is like a declining shadow, and I am withering like a plant.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
Holman Bible
and I wither away like grass.
A Conservative Version
My days are like a shadow that declines, and I am withered like grass.
American Standard Version
My days are like a shadow that declineth; And I am withered like grass.
Amplified
My days are like an evening shadow that lengthens and vanishes [with the sun];
And as for me, I wither away like grass.
Darby Translation
My days are like a lengthened-out shadow, and I, I am withered like grass.
Julia Smith Translation
My days declining as a shadow, and I shall be dried up as grass.
King James 2000
My days are like a shadow that declines; and I am withered like grass.
Lexham Expanded Bible
My days [are] like a lengthened shadow, and I wither like grass.
Modern King James verseion
My days are like a shadow stretched out; and I wither like grass.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
My days are gone like a shadow, and I am withered like grass.
NET Bible
My days are coming to an end, and I am withered like grass.
New Heart English Bible
My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass.
The Emphasized Bible
My days, are like a shadow extended, And, I, as green herbage, do wither.
Webster
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
World English Bible
My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass.
Youngs Literal Translation
My days as a shadow are stretched out, And I -- as the herb I am withered.
Themes
Life » Uncertainty of physical » Only a handbreadth in extent
Topics
References
American
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 102:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Affliction In Light Of Eternity
10 because of your indignation and wrath, when you lifted and threw me away. 11 My life is like a declining shadow, and I am withering like a plant. 12 But you, LORD, are enthroned forever; You are remembered throughout all generations.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 14:2
He springs up like a flower and then withers. Like a shadow, he disappears and doesn't last.
Psalm 109:23
I am fading away like a shadow late in the day; I am shaken off like a locust.
Psalm 144:4
The human person is a mere empty breath; his days are like a fading shadow.
Psalm 39:5-6
Look, you have made my life span fit in your hand; It is nothing compared to yours. Surely every person at their best is a puff of wind. Interlude
Psalm 102:3-4
For my days are vanishing like smoke; my bones are charred as in a fireplace.
Isaiah 40:6-8
A voice says, "Cry out!" So I asked, "What am I to cry out?" "All humanity is grass, and all its loyalty is like the flowers of the field.
James 1:10
and a rich person in his having been humbled, because he will fade away like a wild flower.
James 4:14
You do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
1 Peter 1:24
For "All human life is like grass, and all its glory is like a flower in the grass. The grass dries up and the flower drops off,