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Thematic Bible



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

For {we must certainly die}, and [we are] as the waters spilled to the ground which cannot be gathered. God will not take a life but devises plans for a banished person not to be cast out from him. Verse ConceptsImperfection, Influence OfLast ThingsUniversality Of DeathMediatorMortalityHow Death Is InevitableReinstating Peopleextraterrestrials

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

For Sheol cannot praise you; death [cannot] praise you. Those who go down [to the] pit cannot hope for your faithfulness. Verse ConceptsGrave, TheHope, Nature OfHope, Results Of Its AbsenceSheolNot Praising GodState Of The DeadDeath Of Loved OneCelebrationLoss Of A Loved One

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


Like a dream upon awakening, when [you] wake up, O Lord, you will despise their fleeting form. Verse ConceptsSleep, SpiritualLike A Dreamawakeningimage

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

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


You sweep them away [like a flood]. They fall asleep. In the morning [they are] like grass [that] sprouts anew. Verse ConceptsGrassPunishment, Nature OfGod KillingGod KillsNatural DisastersRenewal

They go by like papyrus skiffs, like an eagle swoops down on [its] prey. Verse ConceptsHuntingEaglesPapyrusShipsBoats

"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

They go by like papyrus skiffs, like an eagle swoops down on [its] prey. Verse ConceptsHuntingEaglesPapyrusShipsBoats

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


Remember that my life [is] a breath; my eye will not return to see good. Verse ConceptsMan A Mere Breathbreath