³ Jehovah, what is man, that you notice him or the son of man, that you regard him! ⁴ Man is like a mere breath;
His days are like a passing shadow.
⁵ Bow down your heavens, O Jehovah, and come down. Touch the mountains that they may smoke.

Phrases

Like a Passing Shadow

Man is Like a Breath

Man Is Like To Vanity

Shadow That Passeth Away

Cross References

Psalm 102:11

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

Job 8:9

After all we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are a mere shadow.

Psalm 109:23

I fade away like a lengthening shadow. I have been shaken off like a grasshopper.

2 Samuel 14:14

We each must die and disappear like water poured out on the ground. But God does not take our lives. Instead, he figures out ways of bringing us back when we run away.

1 Chronicles 29:15

You know, O Jehovah that we pass through life like exiles and strangers, as our ancestors did. Our days are like a passing shadow, and we cannot escape death.

Job 4:19

How much more will he accuse those who live in clay houses that have their foundation in the dust? Those houses can be crushed quicker than a moth!

Job 14:1-3

Man born of woman, lives a short life that is full of trouble.

Psalm 39:5-6

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 39:11

With stern reproof you discipline people for their iniquity. Like a moth you consume what is dear to them. Certainly, everyone is like a breath of air.

Psalm 62:9

Common people are only a vapor in the wind. Important people are only a delusion. When all of them are weighed on a scale, they amount to nothing. They are less than a vapor in the wind.

Psalm 89:47

Remember how short my life span is! Have you created the sons of men for no reason?

Psalm 103:15-16

Man's days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun. Behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 8:13

Things will not go well with the wicked. He will not prolong his days. His days are like a shadow. He does not respect God.

Ecclesiastes 12:8

Vanity of vanities, says the preacher; all is vanity.