Job 8:9

since we were born only yesterday and know nothing.
Our days on earth are but a shadow.

1 Chronicles 29:15

For we live before You as foreigners and temporary residents in Your presence as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

Genesis 47:9

Jacob said to Pharaoh, “My pilgrimage has lasted 130 years. My years have been few and hard, and they have not surpassed the years of my fathers during their pilgrimages.”

Job 7:6

My days pass more swiftly than a weaver’s shuttle;
they come to an end without hope.

Psalm 102:11

My days are like a lengthening shadow,
and I wither away like grass.

Psalm 144:4

Man is like a breath;
his days are like a passing shadow.

Job 14:2

He blossoms like a flower, then withers;
he flees like a shadow and does not last.

Psalm 39:5

You, indeed, have made my days short in length,
and my life span as nothing in Your sight.
Yes, every mortal man is only a vapor.Selah

Psalm 90:4

For in Your sight a thousand years
are like yesterday that passes by,
like a few hours of the night.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

General references

Bible References

We are but

Job 7:6
My days pass more swiftly than a weaver’s shuttle;
they come to an end without hope.
Genesis 47:9
Jacob said to Pharaoh, “My pilgrimage has lasted 130 years. My years have been few and hard, and they have not surpassed the years of my fathers during their pilgrimages.”
1 Chronicles 29:15
For we live before You as foreigners and temporary residents in Your presence as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
Psalm 39:5
You, indeed, have made my days short in length,
and my life span as nothing in Your sight.
Yes, every mortal man is only a vapor.Selah
Psalm 90:4
For in Your sight a thousand years
are like yesterday that passes by,
like a few hours of the night.
Psalm 102:11
My days are like a lengthening shadow,
and I wither away like grass.
Psalm 144:4
Man is like a breath;
his days are like a passing shadow.

General references

Job 32:7
I thought that age should speak
and maturity should teach wisdom.

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