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Why did death not take me when I came out of my mother's body, why did I not, when I came out, give up my last breath?

Verse ConceptsRegretting BirthDesire For DeathDeath Of A MotherNever Giving UpHaving A Baby

Who are glad with great joy, and full of delight when they come to their last resting-place;

Verse ConceptsDesire For DeathRejoicing In Evil

He leans against his house, but it won't stand; he grabs hold of it firmly, but it doesn't last.

Verse ConceptsHouses Under Attackstructure

Wherefore then, from the womb, didst thou bring me forth? I might have breathed my last, and, no eye, have seen me.

Verse ConceptsGod, Feminine Descriptions OfStriving With GodRegretting BirthDesire For DeathUnseenGod As A MidwifeNever Giving Up

And for me to have been as if I had not been; to have been taken from my mother's body straight to my last resting-place.

Verse ConceptsGrave, TheUnborn FetusesNever Being Born

Who is it that shall contend with me? For, now, if I should hold my peace, why! I should breathe my last!

Verse Conceptsghosts

Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last.

Verse ConceptsFlowersdrynessLife, HumanPhysical LifeShadowsLife, Brevity OfTime Passing

But a man dies and fades away;
he breathes his last—where is he?

Verse ConceptsCondition Of The Spirit

So man goes down to his last resting-place and comes not again: till the heavens come to an end, they will not be awake or come out of their sleep.

Verse ConceptsThe Finality Of DeathDeath Is Finalawakening

The mountains fall away at the last, the rocks are removed out of their place;

Verse ConceptsAbrasionMountains RemovedNature DecayingMoving To A New Place

"He won't become rich and his wealth won't last; he won't expand his holdings to cover the land.

Verse ConceptsTransient WealthDrawbacks To Riches

yet he perisheth at the last, like dung. Insomuch that they which have seen him, say, 'Where is he?'

Verse Conceptsdung and manurePeople Passing AwayDefecationpoop

Nothing is left for him to consume;
therefore, his prosperity will not last.

Verse ConceptsNot Prospering

He is taken to his last resting-place, and keeps watch over it.

Far be it from me! that I should justify, you, - Even until I breathe my last, will I not let go mine integrity from me:

Verse ConceptsAs Long As Life LastsFar Be It!Man Vindicates


“He builds his house like a spider’s web,
Like a (temporary) hut which a watchman makes.

Verse ConceptsInsectsMothsSpidersDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of Creatures

He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer.

Verse ConceptsDrawbacks To Riches


If I have eaten its fruits without paying for them,
Or have caused its [rightful] owners to lose their lives,

Verse ConceptsDisappointmentA Broken Heart

But, if they would not hearken, by a weapon, should they pass away, and breathe their last, no one knowing.

Verse ConceptsRepentance, Importance OfDangers Of Ignorance

For the time she will lash herself up upon height, she will laugh at the horse and at his rider.

Verse ConceptsLaughterSpeed