Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Life » Uncertainty of physical » Like hurrying messengers
“Like a flower he comes forth and withers;
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They vanish, they see no good.
Life » Brief » Like hurrying messengers
“Like a flower he comes forth and withers;
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They vanish, they see no good.
natural Life » Is compared to » A swift post
“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They vanish, they see no good.
Post » Bearer » Message
“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They vanish, they see no good.
One courier runs to meet another,
And one messenger to meet another,
To tell the
That his city has been captured from end to end;
Time » Brevity of » Like hurrying messengers
“Like a flower he comes forth and withers;
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They vanish, they see no good.
Travelers » On errands requiring despatch » Went with great speed
He wrote [a decree] in the name of King Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by couriers on horseback, riding on the royal [mail] relay horses, the offspring of the racing mares.
Verse Concepts
“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They vanish, they see no good.