Psalms 102:3
What does Psalms 102:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 102:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949My days are wasted like smoke, and my bones are burned up as in a fire.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862For consumed in smoke have been my days, And my bones as a fire-brand have burned.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Who forgiveth all thy iniquities: who healeth all thy diseases.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a firebrand.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Lamentations 3:4
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
- Psalms 37:20
But the wicked shall perish, And the enemies of Jehovah shall be as the fat of lambs: They shall consume; in smoke shall they consume 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.
- Psalms 119:83
For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.
- Psalms 31:10
For my life is spent with sorrow, And my years with sighing: My strength faileth because of mine iniquity, And my bones are wasted away.
- Psalms 38:3
There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
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