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Psalms 37:2

Psalms chapter 37 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.

Context

v.1Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness.

v.2This passage

v.3Trust in Jehovah, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed onhisfaithfulness.

Cross references

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

  • 1 Peter 1:24

    For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:

  • Psalms 129:5

    Let them be put to shame and turned backward, All they that hate Zion.

  • Psalms 90:5

    Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

  • Job 14:2

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

  • Psalms 73:17

    Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end.

  • Job 20:5

    That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?