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 pass as swiftly as a hand-loom; they come to their conclusion without hope.
Esther 8:14
The couriers, mounted on the royal steeds, left quickly, urged on by the king's command. The edict was also issued in Susa the capital.
They flee away
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 89:47
Remember how short my lifetime is! How powerless have you created all human beings!
Psalm 90:9
All our days pass away in your wrath; our years fade away and end like a sigh.
James 4:14
You do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.