Thematic Bible: Is compared to
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natural Life » Is compared to » A shadow
For no one knows what is best for a person during his life -- during the few days of his fleeting life -- for they pass away like a shadow. Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.
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natural Life » Is compared to » Water spilt on the ground
Certainly we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground that cannot be gathered up again. But God does not take away life; instead he devises ways for the banished to be restored.
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natural Life » Is compared to » A thread cut by the weaver
My dwelling place is removed and taken away from me like a shepherd's tent. I rolled up my life like a weaver rolls cloth; from the loom he cuts me off. You turn day into night and end my life.
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natural Life » Is compared to » A shepherd's tent removed
Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks; death does not praise you. Those who descend into the pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.
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natural Life » Is compared to » A pilgrimage
Jacob said to Pharaoh, "All the years of my travels are 130. All the years of my life have been few and painful; the years of my travels are not as long as those of my ancestors."
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natural Life » Is compared to » Grass
For all flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of the grass; the grass withers and the flower falls off,
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natural Life » Is compared to » A dream
They are like a dream after one wakes up. O Lord, when you awake you will despise them.
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natural Life » Is compared to » A hand-breadth
Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.
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natural Life » Is compared to » A tale told
Yes, throughout all our days we experience your raging fury; the years of our lives pass quickly, like a sigh.
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natural Life » Is compared to » A vapor
You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.
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natural Life » Is compared to » A sleep
You bring their lives to an end and they "fall asleep." In the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up;
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natural Life » Is compared to » An eagle hasting to the prey
They glide by like reed boats, like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.
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natural Life » Is compared to » A swift post
"My days are swifter than a runner, they speed by without seeing happiness.
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natural Life » Is compared to » A swift ship
They glide by like reed boats, like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.
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natural Life » Is compared to » A flower
He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.
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natural Life » Is compared to » A weaver's shuttle
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle and they come to an end without hope.
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natural Life » Is compared to » Wind
Remember that my life is but a breath, that my eyes will never again see happiness.
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