Devine Scripture

Psalms 102:11

Psalms chapter 102 · verse 11 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

My days are like a shadow that declineth; And I am withered like grass.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

My days are like a shadow that declineth; And I am withered like grass.

Context

v.10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: For thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.

v.11This passage

v.12But thou, O Jehovah, wilt abide for ever; And thy memorial name unto all generations.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • James 1:10

    and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

  • James 4:14

    whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

  • Job 14:2

    He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

  • Ecclesiastes 6:12

    For who knoweth what is good for man in his life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

  • Psalms 102:3

    For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand.

  • Psalms 144:4

    Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away.