Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
Swifter
They flee away
Bible References
Swifter
Job 7:6
My days, are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and they are spent, without hope.
Esther 8:14
The runners that rode on the swift steeds used in the king's service, went forth, being urged forward and pressed on, by the word of the king, - and, the edict, was given in Shusan the palace.
They flee away
Psalm 39:5
Lo! as hand-breadths, hast thou granted my days, and my life-time, is as nothing before thee, - Surely, a mere breath, are all men, even such as stand firm. Selah.
Psalm 89:47
Remember how short-lived, I, am, Wherefore, in vain, hast thou created all the sons of Adam?
Psalm 90:9
For, all our days, decline in thy wrath, - We end our years like a sigh.
James 4:14
Men who are not versed in the morrow - of what sort your life will be ; for ye are, a vapour - for a little, appearing, then, just disappearing!