Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Handbreadth » A measure (about four inches)
It was a hand width thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand baths.
Verse Concepts
And behold, there was a wall all around the outside [area] of the temple (house) [of the Lord], and in the man’s hand a measuring rod six cubits long (10.2 ft.), each cubit being longer than the standard one by a hand width. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one rod; and the height, one rod.
Verse Concepts
Concerning the pillars, the height of each pillar was eighteen cubits (twenty-seven feet), and a line [an ornamental molding] of twelve cubits (eighteen feet) went around its circumference; it was four fingers thick, and [the pillar was] hollow.
Verse Concepts
It was a handbreadth (the width of the four fingers) thick; its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold 3,000 baths (measures).
Verse Concepts
You shall make a rim of a hand width around it; you shall make a gold border for the rim around it.
Verse Concepts
“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]!
“My hand founded and established the earth,
And My right hand spread out the heavens;
When I call to them, they stand together [in obedience to carry out My decrees].
The double hooks, one hand width in length were installed in the house all around. The meat of the offering was [to be placed] on the tables.
Verse Concepts
Life » Uncertainty of physical » Only a handbreadth in extent
“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]!
Remember how fleeting my lifetime is;
For what vanity, [for what emptiness, for what futility, for what wisp of smoke] You have created all the sons of men!
For all our days pass away in Your wrath;
We have finished our years like a whispered sigh.
My days are like an evening shadow that lengthens and vanishes [with the sun];
And as for me, I wither away like grass.
For who [limited by human wisdom] knows what is good for man during his lifetime, during the few days of his futile life? He spends them like a shadow [staying busy, but achieving nothing of lasting value]. For who can tell a man what will happen after him [to his work, his treasure, his plans] under the sun [after his life is over]?
Verse Concepts
Life » Brief » Only a handbreadth in extent
“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]!
Remember how fleeting my lifetime is;
For what vanity, [for what emptiness, for what futility, for what wisp of smoke] You have created all the sons of men!
For all our days pass away in Your wrath;
We have finished our years like a whispered sigh.
My days are like an evening shadow that lengthens and vanishes [with the sun];
And as for me, I wither away like grass.
For who [limited by human wisdom] knows what is good for man during his lifetime, during the few days of his futile life? He spends them like a shadow [staying busy, but achieving nothing of lasting value]. For who can tell a man what will happen after him [to his work, his treasure, his plans] under the sun [after his life is over]?
Verse Concepts
natural Life » Is compared to » A hand-breadth
“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]!
Measure » A hand-breadth
“And these are the measurements of the altar [of burnt offering] in cubits (the cubit being a [long] cubit [the length of a forearm] and a hand width): the base shall be a cubit [long] and a cubit wide, with its border on its edge all around it of a span [in width]. And this shall be the height of the base of the altar.
Verse Concepts
It was a hand width thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand baths.
Verse Concepts
And behold, there was a wall all around the outside [area] of the temple (house) [of the Lord], and in the man’s hand a measuring rod six cubits long (10.2 ft.), each cubit being longer than the standard one by a hand width. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one rod; and the height, one rod.
Verse Concepts
It was a handbreadth (the width of the four fingers) thick; its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold 3,000 baths (measures).
Verse Concepts
You shall make a rim of a hand width around it; you shall make a gold border for the rim around it.
Verse Concepts
“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]!
The double hooks, one hand width in length were installed in the house all around. The meat of the offering was [to be placed] on the tables.
Verse Concepts
He made a rim for it [just under the top] a hand width wide all around, and a border of gold around its rim.
Verse Concepts
Measures » Of length » Handbreadth
You shall make a rim of a hand width around it; you shall make a gold border for the rim around it.
Verse Concepts
“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]!
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Determining the period of human life
And He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands and territories.
Verse Concepts
My times are in Your hands;
Rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from those who pursue and persecute me.
“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]!
Time » Brevity of » Only a handbreadth in extent
“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]!
Remember how fleeting my lifetime is;
For what vanity, [for what emptiness, for what futility, for what wisp of smoke] You have created all the sons of men!
For all our days pass away in Your wrath;
We have finished our years like a whispered sigh.
My days are like an evening shadow that lengthens and vanishes [with the sun];
And as for me, I wither away like grass.
For who [limited by human wisdom] knows what is good for man during his lifetime, during the few days of his futile life? He spends them like a shadow [staying busy, but achieving nothing of lasting value]. For who can tell a man what will happen after him [to his work, his treasure, his plans] under the sun [after his life is over]?
Verse Concepts
Vanity » Man at his best estate is
“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]!