Passage

Psalms 103.14

Book: Psalms · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

12. As far as the east is from the west, So far hath he removed our transgressions from us. 13. Like as a father pitieth his children, So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.

14. For he knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.

As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. 16. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; And the place thereof shall know it no more. (Psalms 103:12-16, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

12. As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. 13. Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.

14. For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust.

As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes. 16. For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more. (Psalms 103:12-16, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

12. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. 13. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

14. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. 16. 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} (Psalms 103:12-16, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

12. As the distance of east from west He hath put far from us our transgressions. 13. As a father hath mercy on sons, Jehovah hath mercy on those fearing Him.

14. For He hath known our frame, Remembering that we [are] dust.

Mortal man! as grass [are] his days, As a flower of the field so he flourisheth; 16. For a wind hath passed over it, and it is not, And its place doth not discern it any more. (Psalms 103:12-16, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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