Psalm 39:5
and my life span as nothing in Your sight.
Yes, every mortal man is only a vapor.
Psalm 62:9
exalted men, an illusion.
Weighed in the scales, they go up;
together they are less than a vapor.
Psalm 89:47
Have You created everyone for nothing?
Psalm 144:4
his days are like a passing shadow.
Genesis 47:9
Jacob said to Pharaoh, “My pilgrimage
Job 7:6
they come to an end without hope.
Job 9:25-26
they flee without seeing any good.
Job 14:1-2
is short of days and full of trouble.
Psalm 39:11
consuming like a moth what is precious to him;
every man is only a vapor.
Psalm 90:4-5
are like yesterday that passes by,
like a few hours of the night.
Psalm 90:9-10
we end our years like a sigh.
Ecclesiastes 1:2
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”
Ecclesiastes 2:11
When I considered all that I had accomplished
Isaiah 40:17
they are considered by Him
as nothingness and emptiness.
James 4:14
You don’t even know what tomorrow will bring—what your life will be! For you are like smoke that appears for a little while, then vanishes.
2 Peter 3:8
Dear friends, don’t let this one thing escape you: With the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.
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As nothing
General references
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Behold
are like yesterday that passes by,
like a few hours of the night.
they come to an end without hope.
they flee without seeing any good.
is short of days and full of trouble.
As nothing
Have You created everyone for nothing?
Verily
consuming like a moth what is precious to him;
every man is only a vapor.
exalted men, an illusion.
Weighed in the scales, they go up;
together they are less than a vapor.
his days are like a passing shadow.
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”
they are considered by Him
as nothingness and emptiness.
General references
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”
and young men stumble and fall,