PSA 103:15 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) As for humankind, their days are like grass that comes and goes.
⇔ ≈People are like flowers in the countryside that are here today and gone tomorrow

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX καὶ οἶνος εὐφραίνει καρδίαν ἀνθρώπου· τοῦ ἱλαρύναι πρόσωπον ἐν ἐλαίῳ, καὶ ἄρτος καρδίαν ἀνθρώπου στηρίζει.
(kai oinos eufrainei kardian anthrōpou; tou hilarunai prosōpon en elaiōi, kai artos kardian anthrōpou staʸrizei. )

BrTr and wine makes glad the heart of man, to make his face cheerful with oil: and bread strengthens man's heart.

ULT As for man, his days are like grass;
⇔  like the flower of the field he flourishes so.

UST We humans do not live forever;
⇔ we are like grass which withers and dies.
⇔ We are like wild flowers that bloom for a short while;

BSB ⇔ As for man, his days are like grass—
⇔ he blooms like a flower of the field;

OEB ⇔ A person’s days are as grass;
⇔ blossoms like a flower of the meadow.

WEBBE As for man, his days are like grass.
⇔ As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET A person’s life is like grass.
⇔ Like a flower in the field it flourishes,

LSV Mortal man! His days [are] as grass,
He flourishes as a flower of the field;

FBV Human lifetimes are like grass: we blossom like flowers in a field,

T4T We humans do not live forever [SIM];
⇔ we are like grass [SIM] that withers and dies.
⇔ We are like wild flowers: They bloom for a short while,

LEB • As for man, his days are like the grass. As the flower of the field, so he blossoms.

BBE As for man, his days are as grass: his beautiful growth is like the flower of the field.

Moff Poor man! — his days are like the grass,
⇔ he blooms like a flower in the meadow;

JPS As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

ASV As for man, his days are as grass;
⇔ As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

DRA And that wine may cheer the heart of man. That he may make the face cheerful with oil: and that bread may strengthen man’s heart.

YLT Mortal man! as grass [are] his days, As a flower of the field so he flourisheth;

Drby As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth:

RV As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

Wbstr As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

KJB-1769 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

KJB-1611 As for man, his dayes are as grasse: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps The dayes of man are as the dayes of an hearbe: he florisheth as a flowre in the fielde.
(The days of man are as the days of an herb: he florisheth as a flour in the field.)

Gnva The dayes of man are as grasse: as a flowre of the fielde, so florisheth he.
(The days of man are as grass: as a flour of the field, so florisheth he. )

Cvdl That a man in his tyme is but as is grasse, & florisheth as a floure of the felde.
(That a man in his time is but as is grass, and florisheth as a flour of the field.)

Wycl and that wiyn make glad the herte of men. That he make glad the face with oile; and that breed make stidefast the herte of man.
(and that wine make glad the heart of men. That he make glad the face with oil; and that breed make steadfast the heart of man.)

Luth Ein Mensch ist in seinem Leben wie Gras; er blühet wie eine Blume auf dem Felde.
(A person is in his life as/like Gras; he blühet as/like one Blume on/in/to to_him Felde.)

ClVg et vinum lætificet cor hominis: ut exhilaret faciem in oleo, et panis cor hominis confirmet.
(and vinum lætificet heart of_man: as exhilaret face in oleo, and bread heart of_man confirmet. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

As for man, his days are like grass

(Some words not found in UHB: ʼEnōsh like_the,grass his/its=days like,flower_of the=field yes/correct/thus/so flourishes )

In this simile, the length of man’s life is being compared to the short length of time that grass grows before it dies. Alternate translation: “The length of man’s life is short like that of grass”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

he flourishes like a flower in a field

(Some words not found in UHB: ʼEnōsh like_the,grass his/its=days like,flower_of the=field yes/correct/thus/so flourishes )

In this simile, how man grows over time is compared to how a flower grows.

flourishes

(Some words not found in UHB: ʼEnōsh like_the,grass his/its=days like,flower_of the=field yes/correct/thus/so flourishes )

To “flourish” is to grow well or be healthy.

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