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 flying back and forth. They end without hope.
Esther 8:14
So the men went out on the quick-running horses used on the king's business. They wasted no time and forced on by the king's order; and the order was given out in Shushan, the king's town.
They flee away
Psalm 39:5
Indeed, you have made the length of my days very short. My life span is nothing compared to yours. Certainly, everyone alive is like a whisper in the wind.
Psalm 89:47
Remember how short my life span is! Have you created the sons of men for no reason?
Psalm 90:9
Indeed, all our days slip away because of your fury. We live out our years like one long sigh.
James 4:14
You do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? For you are a vapor (puff of air) that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.