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Psalms 102:11
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Psalms 102:11
11My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
11*My dayes are like a shadow, that declineth: & I am withered like grasse.
- Esa.40.6. iam.1.10.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 102:11
Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely; or, as a verb, to please.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · Webster 1828
Shade from light; a dark outline; or a figure of protection, transience, or a coming reality, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Faded; dried; shrunk.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Low green herbage growing from the ground; by extension, plants used for pasture.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
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Open the full verse study2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
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Open the full verse study23I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
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Open the full verse study24For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
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Open the full verse study4Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
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Open the full verse study6The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
7The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
8The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
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Open the full verse study10But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
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Open the full verse study14Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
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Open the full verse study12For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
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Open the full verse study3For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
4My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
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Open the full verse study5Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
6Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
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