Verse 15

As for man, his days are like grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Mennesket er som gress, i sine dager blomstrer det som blomstene på marken.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Menneskets dager er som gress, som blomsten på marken, slik blomstrer han.

• Norsk King James

  Når det gjelder mennesket, er dets dager som gress: som en blomst på marken blomstrer det.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Når det gjelder mennesket, er dagene som gress; som blomsten på marken, slik blomstrer det.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Menneskets dager er som gress, som blomsten på marken, slik blomstrer han.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Et menneskes dager er som gress; som en blomst på marken blomstrer han.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Menneskets liv er som gress, som en blomst på marken som åpner seg.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Et menneskes dager er som gress; som en blomst på marken blomstrer han.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Menneskets liv er som gress, som blomsten på marken, slik blomstrer han.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  As for man, his days are like grass, he blooms like a flower of the field.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Menneskets dager er som gress, han blomstrer som en blomst på marken.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  (Anlangende) et Menneske, hans Dage ere som Græs; som et Blomster paa Marken, saa skal han blomstre.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Menneskets dager er som gress, som en markblomst blomstrer han.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Menneskets dager er som gress. Som en blomster på marken blomstrer han.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Mennesket, som gress er hans dager, som en blomsterflor på marken blomstrer han;

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Menneskets dager er som gress; som blomsten på marken blomstrer han.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Menneskets dager er som gress; han blomstrer som en blomst på marken.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  That a man in his tyme is but as is grasse, & florisheth as a floure of the felde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  The dayes of man are as grasse: as a flowre of the fielde, so florisheth he.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  The dayes of man are as the dayes of an hearbe: he florisheth as a flowre in the fielde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  [As for] man, his days [are] as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Mortal man! as grass `are' his days, As a flower of the field so he flourisheth;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  As for man, his days are as grass: his beautiful growth is like the flower of the field.

• World English Bible (2000)

  As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  A person’s life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes,

Referenced Verses

• 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 Because "All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away,
• Jas 1:10-11 : 10 But the rich in that he is made low, because as the flower of the grass he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with a burning heat, and it withers the grass, and its flower falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes: so also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.
• Isa 51:12 : 12 I, even I, am he who comforts you: who are you, that you should be afraid of a man who will die, and of the son of man who will be made like grass;
• Nah 1:4 : 4 He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers: Bashan languishes, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languishes.
• Ps 90:5-6 : 5 You carry them away like a flood; they are like a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which grows up. 6 In the morning it flourishes and grows up; in the evening it is cut down and withers.
• Isa 28:4 : 4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley, shall be a fading flower, and like the early fruit before the summer; which when he who looks upon it sees, while it is yet in his hand he eats it up.
• Isa 40:6-8 : 6 The voice said, Cry out. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field: 7 The grass withers, the flower fades, because the breath of the LORD blows upon it; surely the people are grass. 8 The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever.
• Isa 28:1 : 1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which is on the head of the fertile valleys of those who are overcome with wine!
• Job 14:1-3 : 1 Man who is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble. 2 He comes forth like a flower and is cut down; he flees also as a shadow and does not continue. 3 And do You open Your eyes upon such a one and bring me into judgment with You?