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death » Miscellaneous subjects » Fleeing as a shadow
Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last.
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death » Miscellaneous subjects » Being cut down
Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last.
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natural Death » Regard, as at hand
"A human being born of a woman [is] short of days and full of troubles. Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last.
natural Death » Described as » Fleeing as a shadow
Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last.
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natural Death » Described as » Being cut down
Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last.
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Flowers » Illustrative of » Shortness of man's life
Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last.
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As for man, his days [are] like the grass. As the flower of the field, so he blossoms.
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Life » Uncertainty of physical » Like hurrying messengers
Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last.
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"And my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away; they do not see good.
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Life » Brief » Like hurrying messengers
Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last.
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"And my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away; they do not see good.
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natural Life » Is compared to » A flower
Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last.
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Man » The days of man
As for man, his days [are] like the grass. As the flower of the field, so he blossoms. When [the] wind passes over it, it is no more, and its place knows it no longer.
"A human being born of a woman [is] short of days and full of troubles. Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last. Even on such a one you fix your eyes, and you bring me into judgment with you. read more.
"Who can bring a clean [thing] from an unclean [thing]? No one! If his days [are] determined, the number of his months [is] with you; you have appointed his boundaries, and he cannot cross [them].
"Who can bring a clean [thing] from an unclean [thing]? No one! If his days [are] determined, the number of his months [is] with you; you have appointed his boundaries, and he cannot cross [them].
Man » Man being born into trouble
"A human being born of a woman [is] short of days and full of troubles. Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last.
But a human being is born to trouble, and {they soar aloft} [like] {sparks}.
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Select readings » The brevity of life
"A human being born of a woman [is] short of days and full of troubles. Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last. Even on such a one you fix your eyes, and you bring me into judgment with you. read more.
"Who can bring a clean [thing] from an unclean [thing]? No one! If his days [are] determined, the number of his months [is] with you; you have appointed his boundaries, and he cannot cross [them]. Look away from him, and let him desist until he enjoys his days like a laborer. "Indeed, there is hope for a tree: if it is cut down, then it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not cease; though its root grows old in the earth, and its stump dies in the dust, at the scent of water it will bud, and it will put forth branches like a young plant. "But a man dies, and he dwindles away; thus a human being passes away, and where is he?
"Who can bring a clean [thing] from an unclean [thing]? No one! If his days [are] determined, the number of his months [is] with you; you have appointed his boundaries, and he cannot cross [them]. Look away from him, and let him desist until he enjoys his days like a laborer. "Indeed, there is hope for a tree: if it is cut down, then it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not cease; though its root grows old in the earth, and its stump dies in the dust, at the scent of water it will bud, and it will put forth branches like a young plant. "But a man dies, and he dwindles away; thus a human being passes away, and where is he?
Sin » Mankind being sinful in nature
Neither have you heard, nor have you known, nor from {of old} has your ear been opened. For I knew you would deal treacherously, very treacherously, and you [are] called a rebel from [the] womb.
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"A human being born of a woman [is] short of days and full of troubles. Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last. Even on such a one you fix your eyes, and you bring me into judgment with you. read more.
"Who can bring a clean [thing] from an unclean [thing]? No one!
"Who can bring a clean [thing] from an unclean [thing]? No one!
Be gracious to me, O God, according to your loyal love. According to your abundant mercies, blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and from my sin cleanse me. For {I myself know} my transgressions, and my sin [is] ever before me. read more.
Against you, only you, I have sinned and have done this evil in your eyes, so that you are correct when you speak, you are blameless when you judge. Behold, in iniquity I was born, and in sin my mother conceived me.
Against you, only you, I have sinned and have done this evil in your eyes, so that you are correct when you speak, you are blameless when you judge. Behold, in iniquity I was born, and in sin my mother conceived me.
Do you really speak [what is] right [when] silent? [Do] you judge fairly the children of humankind? No, in [your] heart you plan injustices; in the land you weigh out the violence of your hands. The wicked are estranged from [the] womb. They go astray from [the] belly, speaking lies.
And you, {although you were dead} in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit now working in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all formerly lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the mind, and we were children of wrath by nature, as also the rest of [them] were.
Time » Brevity of » Like hurrying messengers
Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last.
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"And my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away; they do not see good.
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Trouble » Who is born into trouble
"A human being born of a woman [is] short of days and full of troubles. Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last.
But a human being is born to trouble, and {they soar aloft} [like] {sparks}.
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