Job 8:9

For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.

1 Chronicles 29:15

For we are resident foreigners and nomads in your presence, like all our ancestors; our days are like a shadow on the earth, without security.

Genesis 47:9

Jacob said to Pharaoh, "All the years of my travels are 130. All the years of my life have been few and painful; the years of my travels are not as long as those of my ancestors."

Job 7:6

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle and they come to an end without hope.

Psalm 102:11

My days are coming to an end, and I am withered like grass.

Psalm 144:4

People are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears.

Job 14:2

He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.

Psalm 39:5

Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.

Psalm 90:4

Yes, in your eyes a thousand years are like yesterday that quickly passes, or like one of the divisions of the nighttime.

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 are swifter than a weaver's shuttle and they come to an end without hope.
Genesis 47:9
Jacob said to Pharaoh, "All the years of my travels are 130. All the years of my life have been few and painful; the years of my travels are not as long as those of my ancestors."
1 Chronicles 29:15
For we are resident foreigners and nomads in your presence, like all our ancestors; our days are like a shadow on the earth, without security.
Psalm 39:5
Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.
Psalm 90:4
Yes, in your eyes a thousand years are like yesterday that quickly passes, or like one of the divisions of the nighttime.
Psalm 102:11
My days are coming to an end, and I am withered like grass.
Psalm 144:4
People are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears.

General references

Job 32:7
I said to myself, 'Age should speak, and length of years should make wisdom known.'

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