King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
Complete Jewish Bible:
Like a lengthening evening shadow, I am gone; I am shaken off like a locust.
Berean Standard Bible:
I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
American Standard Version:
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
I am gone{H1980} like the shadow{H6738} when it declineth{H5186}: I am tossed up and down{H5287} as the locust{H697}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Exodus 10:19
- And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.
Job 14:2
- He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Psalms 102:10
- Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
Psalms 102:11
- My days [are] like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
1 Chronicles 29:15
- For we [are] strangers before thee, and sojourners, as [were] all our fathers: our days on the earth [are] as a shadow, and [there is] none abiding.
Ecclesiastes 8:13
- But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong [his] days, [which are] as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
Ecclesiastes 6:12
- For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
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Commentary for Psalms 109:23
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H1980
There are 468 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: הָלַךְ
Transliteration: hâlak
Pronunciation: haw-lak'
Description: akin to יָלַךְ; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively); (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, [idiom] more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), [phrase] send, speedily, spread, still, surely, [phrase] tale-bearer, [phrase] travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-) faring man, [idiom] be weak, whirl. - Strong's Number: H6738
There are 47 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: צֵל
Transliteration: tsêl
Pronunciation: tsale
Description: from צָלַל; shade, whether literal or figurative; defence, shade(-ow). - Strong's Number: H5186
There are 207 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: נָטָה
Transliteration: nâṭâh
Pronunciation: naw-taw'
Description: a primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application; [phrase] afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield. - Strong's Number: H5287
There are 9 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: נָעַר
Transliteration: nâʻar
Pronunciation: naw-ar'
Description: a primitive root (probably identical with נָעַר, through the idea of the rustling of mane, which usually accompanies the lion's roar); to tumble about; shake (off, out, self), overthrow, toss up and down. - Strong's Number: H697
There are 82 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אַרְבֶּה
Transliteration: ʼarbeh
Pronunciation: ar-beh'
Description: from רָבָה; a locust (from its rapid increase); grasshopper, locust.