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Thematic Bible



Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun? Verse ConceptsPhysical LifeTravailWithheld KnowledgeUnknown FutureUnder The SunBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifeuncertainty

For death comes to us all, and we are like water drained out on the earth, which it is not possible to take up again; and God will not take away the life of the man whose purpose is that he who has been sent away may not be completely cut off from him. Verse ConceptsImperfection, Influence OfLast ThingsUniversality Of DeathMediatorMortalityHow Death Is InevitableReinstating Peopleextraterrestrials

My resting-place is pulled up and taken away from me like a herdsman's tent: my life is rolled up like a linen-worker's thread; I am cut off from the cloth on the frame: from day even to night you give me up to pain. Verse ConceptsCraftsmenLife, HumanPhysical LifeSpinning And WeavingPeople EndedLife Cut ShortLife Being Temporary

For the underworld is not able to give you praise, death gives you no honour: for those who go down into the underworld there is no hope in your mercy. Verse ConceptsGrave, TheHope, Nature OfHope, Results Of Its AbsenceSheolNot Praising GodState Of The DeadDeath Of Loved OneCelebrationLoss Of A Loved One

And Jacob said, The years of my wanderings have been a hundred and thirty; small in number and full of sorrow have been the years of my life, and less than the years of the wanderings of my fathers. Verse ConceptsAge, Span Of LifePhysical LifePilgrimagePilgrims, Examples OfFamily Problems


As a dream when one is awake, they are ended; they are like an image gone out of mind when sleep is over. Verse ConceptsSleep, SpiritualLike A Dreamawakeningimage

You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.) Verse ConceptsPhysical LifeWeights And Measures, LinearVanityMan A Mere BreathPsalm InterjectionsPerspective




They go rushing on like reed-boats, like an eagle dropping suddenly on its food. Verse ConceptsHuntingEaglesPapyrusShipsBoats

My days go quicker than a post-runner: they go in flight, they see no good. Verse ConceptsLife, HumanPhysical LifeLife, Brevity OfFast RunnersNothing GoodLife Cut Short

They go rushing on like reed-boats, like an eagle dropping suddenly on its food. Verse ConceptsHuntingEaglesPapyrusShipsBoats

He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again. Verse ConceptsFlowersdrynessLife, HumanPhysical LifeShadowsLife, Brevity OfTime Passing


O, keep in mind that my life is wind: my eye will never again see good. Verse ConceptsMan A Mere Breathbreath

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain