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Psalm 37:2
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KJ21
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
ASV
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.
AMP
For they will wither quickly like the grass, And fade like the green herb.
AMPC
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
BRG
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
CSB
For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender green plants.
CSBA
For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender green plants.
CEB
because they will fade fast, like grass; they will wither like green vegetables.
CJB
for soon they will wither like grass and fade like the green in the fields.
CEV
They will soon disappear like grass without rain.
DARBY
for they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and fade as the green herb.
DRA
Rebuke me not, O Lord, in thy indignation; nor chastise me in thy wrath.
ERV
They are like grass and other green plants that dry up quickly and then die.
EASY
Remember that they are soon gone! They are like grass that quickly becomes dry. They will soon die like green plants in hot weather.
EHV
for like grass they will wither quickly. Like green plants they will wilt.
ESV
For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb.
ESVUK
For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb.
EXB
because like the grass, they will ·soon [quickly] ·dry up [wither]. Like green plants, they will soon ·die [fade] away.
GNV
For they shall soon be cut down like grass, and shall wither as the green herb.
GW
They will quickly dry up like grass and wither away like green plants.
GNT
They will soon disappear like grass that dries up; they will die like plants that wither.
HCSB
For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender green plants.
ICB
Like the grass, they will soon dry up. Like green plants, they will soon die away.
ISV
Indeed, they soon will wither like grass, and like green herbs they will fade away.
JUB
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass and wither as the green herb.
KJV
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
AKJV
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
LSB
For they will wither quickly like the grass And fade like the green herb.
LEB
For like the grass they will dry up quickly, and like green vegetation they will wither.
TLB
Soon they fade away like grass and disappear.
MSG
Don’t bother your head with braggarts or wish you could succeed like the wicked. In no time they’ll shrivel like grass clippings and wilt like cut flowers in the sun.
MEV
For they will quickly wither like the grass, and fade like the green herbs.
NOG
They will quickly dry up like grass and wither away like green plants.
NABRE
Like grass they wither quickly; like green plants they wilt away.
NASB
For they will wither quickly like the grass, And decay like the green plants.
NASB1995
For they will wither quickly like the grass And fade like the green herb.
NCB
They will wither quickly like the grass and fade away like the green herb.
NCV
because like the grass, they will soon dry up. Like green plants, they will soon die away.
NET
For they will quickly dry up like grass, and wither away like plants.
NIRV
Like grass, they will soon dry up. Like green plants, they will soon die.
NIV
for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away.
NIVUK
for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away.
NKJV
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.
NLV
For they will soon dry up like the grass. Like the green plant they will soon die.
NLT
For like grass, they soon fade away. Like spring flowers, they soon wither.
NRSVA
for they will soon fade like the grass, and wither like the green herb.
NRSVACE
for they will soon fade like the grass, and wither like the green herb.
NRSVCE
for they will soon fade like the grass, and wither like the green herb.
NRSVUE
for they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb.
OJB
For they shall soon be cut down like the khatzir (grass), and wither as the green desheh (herb, plant).
RGT
For they shall soon be cut down like grass and shall wither as the green herb.
RSV
For they will soon fade like the grass, and wither like the green herb.
RSVCE
For they will soon fade like the grass, and wither like the green herb.
TLV
For like the grass they soon wither and fade like a green herb.
VOICE
Soon enough they will wither like grass, like green herbs fading in summer’s heat.
WEB
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb.
WYC
For they shall wax dry swiftly as hay; and they shall fall down soon as the worts of herbs. (For they shall quickly grow dry like the hay, or the grass; and soon they shall fall down like the best herbs, or the plants.)
YLT
For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.
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