Psalm 37:2 “For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.”

Psalm 37:2

For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

For they shall soone bee cut downe like grasse, and shall wither as the greene herbe.

Darby Translation

for they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and fade as the green herb.

Young's Literal Translation

For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.

Bible in Basic English

For they will quickly be cut down like grass, and become dry like the green plants.

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Cross references

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

Psalm 92:7 Job 20:5–9 Psalm 73:17–20 1 Peter 1:24 Psalm 129:5–7 Psalm 37:35

Psalm 92:7 · BSB

that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.

Job 20:5–9 · BSB

the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

Psalm 73:17–20 · BSB

until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.

1 Peter 1:24 · BSB

For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,

Psalm 129:5–7 · BSB

May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

Psalm 37:35 · BSB

I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,

Also

Job 14:2

Job 14:2 · BSB

Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.

3Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

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