Psalms 103:16

103:15 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

KJV

For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more.

For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.

For the wind passes over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.

103:17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;

What does Psalms 103:16 mean?

Psalms 103:16 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include רוּחַ (rûwach), עָבַר (ʻâbar), מָקוֹם (mâqôwm).

Hebrew interlinear

For

the

windרוּחַrûwach/roo'-akh/H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)

passeth

overעָבַרʻâbar/aw-bar'/H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)

it,

and

gone;

and

the

placeמָקוֹםmâqôwm/maw-kome'/H4725properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)

thereof

shall

knowנָכַרnâkar/naw-kar'/H5234properly, to scrutinize, i.e. look intently at; hence (with recognition implied), to acknowledge, be acquainted with, care for, respect, revere, or (with suspicion implied), to disregard, ignore, be strange toward, reject, resign, dissimulate (as if ignorant or disowning)

more.

is:

Heb.

not

Topics

Death Wind, the

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 103:16.

Genesis 12:6

And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

Genesis 8:1

And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;

Numbers 5:14

And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:

Numbers 5:30

Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 103:16 say?

Psalms 103:16 (King James Version) reads: "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"

Is Psalms 103:16 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 103:16 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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