Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
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Bible References
We are but
Job 7:6
My days pass as swiftly as a hand-loom; they come to their conclusion without hope.
Genesis 47:9
"I'm 130 years old," Jacob replied. "My years have turned out to be few and unpleasant, but I haven't yet reached the age my ancestors did during their travels on earth."
1 Chronicles 29:15
For we are aliens and vagrants in your presence, as were all of our ancestors. Our days on the earth pass away like shadows, and we have no hope.
Psalm 39:5
Look, you have made my life span fit in your hand; It is nothing compared to yours. Surely every person at their best is a puff of wind. Interlude
Psalm 90:4
One thousand years in your sight are but a single day that passes by, just like a night watch.
Psalm 102:11
My life is like a declining shadow, and I am withering like a plant.
Psalm 144:4
The human person is a mere empty breath; his days are like a fading shadow.
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Job 32:7
I thought, experience should speak; abundance of years teaches wisdom.