King James Version
Psalms 103:15 in the King James Version says “As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 103 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.”
Psalms 103:15 · KJV
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
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;
KJV Study — Public Domain
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“his days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“as a flower”
H6731properly, glistening, i.e., a burnished plate; a wing (as gleaming in the air)
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
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