Other translations
American Standard Version
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because they dry up quickly like straw and they wither like green grass.
Darby Bible Translation
for they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and fade as the green herb.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
For they shall shortly wither away as grass, and as the green herbs shall quickly fall.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb.
God's Word
They will quickly dry up like grass and wither away like green plants.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender green plants.
International Standard Version
Indeed, they soon will wither like grass, and like green herbs they will fade away.
NET Bible
For they will quickly dry up like grass, and wither away like plants.
New American Standard Bible
For they will wither quickly like the grass And fade like the green herb.
New International Version
for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away.
New Living Translation
For like grass, they soon fade away. Like spring flowers, they soon wither.
Webster's Bible Translation
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
The World English Bible
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb.
EasyEnglish Bible
Remember that they are soon gone! They are like grass that quickly becomes dry. They will soon die like green plants in hot weather.
Young‘s Literal Translation
For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.
New Life Version
For they will soon dry up like the grass. Like the green plant they will soon die.
The Voice Bible
Soon enough they will wither like grass, like green herbs fading in summer’s heat.
Living Bible
Soon they fade away like grass and disappear.
New Catholic Bible
They will wither quickly like the grass and fade away like the green herb.
Legacy Standard Bible
For they will wither quickly like the grass And fade like the green herb.
Jubilee Bible 2000
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass and wither as the green herb.
Christian Standard Bible
For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender green plants.
Amplified Bible © 1954
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
New Century Version
because like the grass, they will soon dry up. Like green plants, they will soon die away.
The Message
Don’t bother your head with braggarts or wish you could succeed like the wicked. In no time they’ll shrivel like grass clippings and wilt like cut flowers in the sun.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
for like grass they will wither quickly. Like green plants they will wilt.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
for they will soon fade like the grass, and wither like the green herb.
Good News Translation®
They will soon disappear like grass that dries up; they will die like plants that wither.
Wycliffe Bible
For they shall wax dry swiftly as hay; and they shall fall down soon as the worts of herbs. (For they shall quickly grow dry like the hay, or the grass; and soon they shall fall down like the best herbs, or the plants.)
Contemporary English Version
They will soon disappear like grass without rain.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
For they will soon fade like the grass, and wither like the green herb.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
for they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
for they will soon fade like the grass, and wither like the green herb.
Common English Bible © 2011
because they will fade fast, like grass; they will wither like green vegetables.
Amplified Bible © 2015
For they will wither quickly like the grass, And fade like the green herb.
English Standard Version Anglicised
For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Like grass they wither quickly; like green plants they wilt away.
New American Standard Bible
For they will wither quickly like the grass, And decay like the green plants.
The Expanded Bible
because like the grass, they will ·soon [quickly] ·dry up [wither]. Like green plants, they will soon ·die [fade] away.
Tree of Life Version
For like the grass they soon wither and fade like a green herb.
Revised Standard Version
For they will soon fade like the grass, and wither like the green herb.
New International Reader's Version
Like grass, they will soon dry up. Like green plants, they will soon die.
BRG Bible
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
Complete Jewish Bible
for soon they will wither like grass and fade like the green in the fields.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
for they will soon fade like the grass, and wither like the green herb.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
For they shall soon be cut down like the khatzir (grass), and wither as the green desheh (herb, plant).
Names of God Bible
They will quickly dry up like grass and wither away like green plants.
Modern English Version
For they will quickly wither like the grass, and fade like the green herbs.
Easy-to-Read Version
They are like grass and other green plants that dry up quickly and then die.
International Children’s Bible
Like the grass, they will soon dry up. Like green plants, they will soon die away.
Lexham English Bible
For like the grass they will dry up quickly, and like green vegetation they will wither.
New International Version - UK
for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away.