Psalms 37:2 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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

English ASV

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

English Amplified

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

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

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

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

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

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

Remember that they are soon gone! They are like grass that quickly becomes dry. They will soon die like green plants in hot weather.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

They are like grass and other green plants that dry up quickly and then die.

For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

They will soon disappear like grass that dries up; they will die like plants that wither.

English God's Word - GW 1995

They will quickly dry up like grass and wither away like green plants.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

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

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

For they will wither quickly like the grass And fade like the green herb.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

For they will soon fade like the grass, and wither like the green herb.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

For they will wither quickly like the grass And fade like the green herb.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Like grass they wither quickly; like green plants they wilt away.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

For they will quickly dry up like grass, and wither away like plants.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Like grass, they will soon dry up. Like green plants, they will soon die.

English NIV

for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away.

English NKJ 1982

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

English NLT

For like grass, they soon fade away. Like springtime flowers, they soon wither.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

for they will soon fade like the grass, and wither like the green herb.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

They and their short-lived success will soon shrivel up and quickly fade away, like grass clippings in the hot sun.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

For they will soon fade like the grass, and wither like the green herb.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Soon they fade away like grass and disappear.

English Tyndale 1537

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

Psalms 37:2 — Compare Translations