Parallel Verses
Amplified
For He knows our [mortal] frame;
He remembers that we are [merely] dust.
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.
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;
NET Bible
For he knows what we are made of; he realizes we are made of clay.
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
Just as a father loves his children,
So the Lord loves those who fear and worship Him [with awe-filled respect and deepest reverence].
For He knows our [mortal] frame;
He remembers that we are [merely] dust.
As for man, his days are like grass;
Like a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Cross References
Genesis 3:19
“By the sweat of your face
You will eat bread
Until you return to the ground,
For from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”
Ecclesiastes 12:7
then the dust [out of which God made man’s body] will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
Job 7:5-7
“My body is clothed with worms and a crust of dust;
My skin is hardened [and broken and loathsome], and [breaks out and] runs.
Job 7:21
“Why then do You not pardon my transgression
And take away my sin and guilt?
For now I will lie down in the dust;
And You will seek me [diligently], but I will not be.”
Job 10:9
‘Remember now, that You have made me as clay;
So will You turn me into dust again?
Job 13:25
“Will You cause a windblown leaf to tremble?
Will You pursue the chaff of the dry stubble?
Psalm 78:38-39
Many times He restrained His anger
And did not stir up all His wrath.
Psalm 89:47
Remember how fleeting my lifetime is;
For what vanity, [for what emptiness, for what futility, for what wisp of smoke] You have created all the sons of men!
Isaiah 29:16
You turn things upside down [with your perversity]!
Shall the potter be considered equal with the clay,
That the thing that is made would say to its maker, “He did not make me”;
Or the thing that is formed say to him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?