Psalm 37:2
Strong's Lexicon
For
כִּ֣י ()
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since 1a) that 1a1) yea, indeed 1b) when (of time) 1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force) 1c) because, since (causal connection) 1d) but (after negative) 1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if 1f) but rather, but 1g) except that 1h) only, nevertheless 1i) surely 1j) that is 1k) but if 1l) for though 1m) forasmuch as, for therefore

they wither
יִמָּ֑לוּ (yim·mā·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5243: 1) (Qal) to circumcise, become clipped, be circumcised, be cut off

quickly
מְהֵרָ֣ה (mə·hê·rāh)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 4120: 1) haste, speed 1a) hastily, speedily (as adverb) 1b) in haste (with prep)

like grass
כֶ֭חָצִיר (ḵe·ḥā·ṣîr)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2682: 1) grass, leek, green grass, herbage 1a) grass 1b) of the quickly perishing (fig.)

and wilt
יִבּוֹלֽוּן׃ (yib·bō·w·lūn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's Hebrew 5034: 1) to be senseless, be foolish 1a) (Qal) to be foolish 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to regard or treat as foolish 1b2) to treat with contempt 2) to sink or drop down, languish, wither and fall, fade 2a) (Qal) 2a1) to sink or drop down 2a2) to fall, wither and fall, fade 2a3) to droop

like tender
וּכְיֶ֥רֶק (ū·ḵə·ye·req)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3418: 1) green, greenness, green plants, greenery

plants.
דֶּ֝֗שֶׁא (de·še)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1877: 1) grass, new grass, green herb, vegetation, young

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.

Young's Literal Translation
For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender green plants.

New American Standard Bible
For they will wither quickly like the grass And fade like the green herb.

King James Bible
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
Parallel Verses
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.

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

New American Standard Bible
For they will wither quickly like the grass And fade like the green herb.

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

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.

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.
















Cross References
James 1:11
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

Job 14:2
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

Psalm 18:45
The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.

Psalm 37:9
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

Psalm 90:6
In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

Psalm 92:7
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

Psalm 102:4
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

Psalm 129:6
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 37:1
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

Psalm 36:12
There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.
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