Thematic Bible: Brief


Thematic Bible



Look, you have made my days [mere] handbreadths, and my lifespan as nothing next to you. Surely every person standing firm [is] complete vanity. Selah Verse ConceptsPhysical LifeWeights And Measures, LinearVanityMan A Mere BreathPsalm InterjectionsPerspective

Remember what my lifespan [is]. [Remember] for what vanity you have created all [the] children of humankind. Verse ConceptsFutilityAge, Span Of LifeLife, HumanPhysical LifeLife, Brevity OfThe Shortness Of TimeUseless PeopleTime Passing

For all of our days dwindle away in your rage; we complete our years like a sigh. Verse ConceptsSighingPhysical LifePassing AwayPeople EndedDeathFinishing Strong


For who knows what [is] good for a man in his life during the few days of his fleeting life, which are fleeting as a shadow? For who can tell anyone what will happen {in the future} under the sun? Verse ConceptsPhysical LifeTravailWithheld KnowledgeUnknown FutureUnder The SunBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifeuncertainty

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

"And my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away; they do not see good. Verse ConceptsLife, HumanPhysical LifeLife, Brevity OfFast RunnersNothing GoodLife Cut Short

For we [are] strangers before you and sojourners like all our ancestors. Our days [are] like the shadow upon earth, and there is no hope [of abiding]. Verse ConceptsForeignersBeing A PilgrimHope, Results Of Its AbsenceLife, HumanPhysical LifePessimismPassing ThroughShadowsYear Of JubileeLife, Brevity OfPilgrimsPilgrims, Examples OfImmigrantsAliens


for we [are of] yesterday, and we do not know, for our days on earth [are] a shadow. Verse ConceptsLife, HumanPhysical LifeShadowsLife, Brevity OfThose Who Were IgnorantTime PassingWeather In The Last Days

And Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my sojourning [are] one hundred and thirty years. Few and hard have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not reached the days of the years of the lives of my ancestors in the days of their sojourning." Verse ConceptsAge, Span Of LifePhysical LifePilgrimagePilgrims, Examples OfFamily Problems

My dwelling place is pulled up and removed from me like the tent of my shepherd; I have rolled up my life like weaver. He cuts me off from [the] thrum; from day to night you bring me to an end. Verse ConceptsCraftsmenLife, HumanPhysical LifeSpinning And WeavingPeople EndedLife Cut ShortLife Being Temporary