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Non-Exact Match

“My brothers have acted deceitfully like a wadi,
Like the torrents of wadis which vanish,

“They slip by like reed boats,
Like an eagle that swoops on its prey.

Verse ConceptsHuntingEaglesPapyrusShipsBoats

‘Did You not pour me out like milk
And curdle me like cheese;

Verse ConceptsMilkCheeseDairy

While I am decaying like a rotten thing,
Like a garment that is moth-eaten.

Verse ConceptsInsectsWasteMothsPeople RottingPossessions DecayingFood Decayingworms

Like a flower he comes forth and withers.
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.

Verse ConceptsFlowersdrynessLife, HumanPhysical LifeShadowsLife, Brevity OfTime Passing

“He will drop off his unripe grape like the vine,
And will cast off his flower like the olive tree.

Verse ConceptsOlives

“He flies away like a dream, and they cannot find him;
Even like a vision of the night he is chased away.

Verse ConceptsWicked Described AsDisappearanceLike A Dreamflying

“They are exalted a little while, then they are gone;
Moreover, they are brought low and like everything gathered up;
Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.

Verse ConceptsAbhorWorldly AmbitionHumbling The Proud

“Behold, my belly is like unvented wine,
Like new wineskins it is about to burst.

Verse ConceptsBottles, Figurative UseWineWineskins And Vatsventing

“What man is like Job,
Who drinks up derision like water,

Verse ConceptsInfidelity To GodUnique IndividualsScoffers

“It is changed like clay under the seal;
And they stand forth like a garment.

Verse ConceptsClaySealsHoly Spirit, Types OfClay, UsesSealing Things

“His underparts are like sharp potsherds;
He spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mire.

Verse ConceptsThreshingThings UnderMarshes

“He makes the depths boil like a pot;
He makes the sea like a jar of ointment.

Verse ConceptsOintmentThe Sea Stirred UpThe Oceanpot