Thematic Bible: Brevity of


Thematic Bible



Lo! as hand-breadths, hast thou granted my days, and my life-time, is as nothing before thee, - Surely, a mere breath, are all men, even such as stand firm. Selah. Verse ConceptsPhysical LifeWeights And Measures, LinearVanityMan A Mere BreathPsalm InterjectionsPerspective

Remember how short-lived, I, am, Wherefore, in vain, hast thou created all the sons of Adam? Verse ConceptsFutilityAge, Span Of LifeLife, HumanPhysical LifeLife, Brevity OfThe Shortness Of TimeUseless PeopleTime Passing

For, all our days, decline in thy wrath, - We end our years like a sigh. Verse ConceptsSighingPhysical LifePassing AwayPeople EndedDeathFinishing Strong


For who knoweth what is good for a man throughout his life, for the number of the days of his life of vanity, seeing he will make them, like a shadow, - for who can tell a man, what shall be after him, under the sun? Verse ConceptsPhysical LifeTravailWithheld KnowledgeUnknown FutureUnder The SunBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifeuncertainty

As a flower, he cometh forth - and fadeth, He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. Verse ConceptsFlowersdrynessLife, HumanPhysical LifeShadowsLife, Brevity OfTime Passing

My days, therefore, are swifter than a runner, They have fled, they have seen no good. Verse ConceptsLife, HumanPhysical LifeLife, Brevity OfFast RunnersNothing GoodLife Cut Short

for, sojourners, are we before thee, and strangers, like all our fathers, - like a shadow, are our days upon the earth, and there is no hope. Verse ConceptsForeignersBeing A PilgrimHope, Results Of Its AbsenceLife, HumanPhysical LifePessimismPassing ThroughShadowsYear Of JubileeLife, Brevity OfPilgrimsPilgrims, Examples OfImmigrantsAliens


For, of yesterday, are, we, and cannot know, for, a shadow, are our days upon earth: Verse ConceptsLife, HumanPhysical LifeShadowsLife, Brevity OfThose Who Were IgnorantTime PassingWeather In The Last Days

And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my sojournings, have been a hundred and thirty years, - Few and evil, have been the days of the years of my life, neither have they attained unto the days of the years of the lives of my fathers, in the days of their sojournings. Verse ConceptsAge, Span Of LifePhysical LifePilgrimagePilgrims, Examples OfFamily Problems

My dwelling, hath been broken up. And is stripped from me, like a shepherds tent, - I have roiled up - as a weaver - my life From the loom, doth he cut me off, From day until night, I said - Thou wilt finish me. Verse ConceptsCraftsmenLife, HumanPhysical LifeSpinning And WeavingPeople EndedLife Cut ShortLife Being Temporary