KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Psalm 103:16 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “For” | כִּ֤י | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | For |
| “the wind” | ר֣וּחַ | Wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions) | wind |
| “passeth over” | עָֽבְרָה | To cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation) | passeth |
| “it, and it is gone;” | וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ | A nonentity; generally used as a negative particle | gone |
| “and the place” | מְקוֹמֽוֹ׃ | Properly, a standing, i.e., a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind) | place |
| “thereof shall know” | יַכִּירֶ֖נּוּ | Properly, to scrutinize, i.e., look intently at; hence (with recognition implied), to acknowledge, be acquainted with, care for, respect, revere, or (with suspicion implied), to disregard, ignore, be strange toward, reject, resign, dissimulate (as if ignorant or disowning) | thereof know |
| “it no” | וְלֹא | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | no |
| “more.” | וְלֹא | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | more |
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14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
15 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.
17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
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