4460 grass

Green vegetation, which grows rapidly after rainfall, and serves as good food for many animals. The withering of grass in hot weather is often used in Scripture as a symbol of the frailty and brevity of human life.

Grass is food for animals

1Ki 18:5 See also Nu 22:4; Dt 11:15; Job 6:5; Job 40:15; Ps 104:14; Ps 106:20; Jer 14:5; Da 4:25,32-33; Da 5:21

Rain is essential for the growth of grass

Job 38:25-27 See also Dt 32:2; 2Sa 23:4; Ps 147:8; Pr 19:12; Mic 5:7

Grass grows quickly and abundantly

Isa 44:3-4 See also Job 5:25; Ps 72:16; Ps 92:7; Isa 35:7; Isa 66:14

Grass withers, dies and burns easily

Isa 15:6 See also Ps 102:4,11; Isa 5:24; Jer 12:4; Rev 8:7

The life cycle of grass is short

Ps 129:6 See also Isa 37:27; Mt 6:28-34 pp Lk 12:27-31

The brevity of human life is compared to that of grass

Isa 40:6-8 See also 2Ki 19:25-26; Job 8:11-13; Ps 37:1-2; Ps 90:5; Ps 103:13-19; Isa 51:12; 1Pe 1:24-25

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