Psalm 144:4

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Psalm 144:4

Man is like a breath;
his days are like a passing shadow.

Psalm 102:11

My days are like a lengthening shadow,
and I wither away like grass.

Job 8:9

since we were born only yesterday and know nothing.
Our days on earth are but a shadow.

Psalm 109:23

I fade away like a lengthening shadow;
I am shaken off like a locust.

We will certainly die and be like water poured out on the ground, which can’t be recovered. But God would not take away a life; He would devise plans so that the one banished from Him does not remain banished.

1 Chronicles 29:15

For we live before You as foreigners and temporary residents in Your presence as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

Job 4:19

how much more those who dwell in clay houses,
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like a moth!

Job 14:1-3

Man born of woman
is short of days and full of trouble.

Psalm 39:5-6

You, indeed, have made my days short in length,
and my life span as nothing in Your sight.
Yes, every mortal man is only a vapor.Selah

Psalm 39:11

You discipline a man with punishment for sin,
consuming like a moth what is precious to him;
every man is only a vapor.Selah

Psalm 62:9

Men are only a vapor;
exalted men, an illusion.
Weighed in the scales, they go up;
together they are less than a vapor.

Psalm 89:47

Remember how short my life is.
Have You created everyone for nothing?

Psalm 103:15-16

As for man, his days are like grass—
he blooms like a flower of the field;

Ecclesiastes 1:2

“Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the things that are done under the sun and have found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 8:13

However, it will not go well with the wicked, and they will not lengthen their days like a shadow, for they are not reverent before God.

Ecclesiastes 12:8

“Absolute futility,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile.”

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Summary

Psalm 144:4

Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

Man

Ecclesiastes 12:8

His days

Ecclesiastes 8:13

General references

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Bible References

Man

You, indeed, have made my days short in length,
and my life span as nothing in Your sight.
Yes, every mortal man is only a vapor.Selah

Men are only a vapor;
exalted men, an illusion.
Weighed in the scales, they go up;
together they are less than a vapor.

Remember how short my life is.
Have You created everyone for nothing?

how much more those who dwell in clay houses,
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like a moth!

Man born of woman
is short of days and full of trouble.

“Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”

“Absolute futility,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile.”

His days

My days are like a lengthening shadow,
and I wither away like grass.

As for man, his days are like grass—
he blooms like a flower of the field;

I fade away like a lengthening shadow;
I am shaken off like a locust.

For we live before You as foreigners and temporary residents in Your presence as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

since we were born only yesterday and know nothing.
Our days on earth are but a shadow.

However, it will not go well with the wicked, and they will not lengthen their days like a shadow, for they are not reverent before God.

General references

“Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”