Thematic Bible: Is compared to
Thematic Bible
natural Life » Is compared to » A shadow
Who knows what is good for man in this life? Are all the days of his vain life that he spends like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will happen after his existence under the sun?
natural Life » Is compared to » Water spilt on the ground
We each must die and disappear like water poured out on the ground. But God does not take our lives. Instead, he figures out ways of bringing us back when we run away.
natural Life » Is compared to » A thread cut by the weaver
My life was over. You rolled it up like a shepherd's tent. You rolled up my life like a weaver. You cut me off from the loom. You ended my life in one day.
natural Life » Is compared to » A shepherd's tent removed
For the grave cannot praise you, death cannot sing your praise. Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.
natural Life » Is compared to » A pilgrimage
Jacob answered: My life of wandering has lasted a hundred and thirty years. Those years have been few and difficult, unlike the long years of my ancestors in their wanderings.
natural Life » Is compared to » Grass
All people are like grass. All their glory is like the blossom of a flower. The grass withers and the flower drops off.
natural Life » Is compared to » A dream
It is like waking up from a dream, O Jehovah. When you awake you will despise everything they represent.
natural Life » Is compared to » A hand-breadth
Indeed, you have made the length of my days very short. My life span is nothing compared to yours. Certainly, everyone alive is like a whisper in the wind.
natural Life » Is compared to » A tale told
Indeed, all our days slip away because of your fury. We live out our years like one long sigh.
natural Life » Is compared to » A vapor
You do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? For you are a vapor (puff of air) that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.
natural Life » Is compared to » A sleep
You sweep mortals away in the sleep of death. They sprout again in the morning like grass.
natural Life » Is compared to » An eagle hasting to the prey
They pass by like swift ships, like an eagle swooping on its prey.
natural Life » Is compared to » A swift post
My days are swifter than a runner! They flee away and see no good.
natural Life » Is compared to » A swift ship
They pass by like swift ships, like an eagle swooping on its prey.
natural Life » Is compared to » A flower
He springs up like a flower and fades away. He is like a fleeting shadow and does not endure.
natural Life » Is compared to » A weaver's shuttle
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle flying back and forth. They end without hope.