King James Version
psalm 103:16 in the King James Version says “For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. it is: Heb. it is not” — study this verse from psalm chapter 103 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. it is: Heb. it is not”
psalm 103:16 · King James Version
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. it is: Heb. it is not
But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
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