Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Handbreadth » A measure (about four inches)
And its thickness is an handbreadth, and its edge as the work of the edge of a cup, flowers of lilies; two thousand baths it containeth.
And lo, a wall on the outside of the house all round about, and in the hand of the man a measuring-reed, six cubits by a cubit and a handbreadth, and he measureth the breadth of the building one reed, and the height one reed.
As to the pillars, eighteen cubits is the height of the one pillar, and a cord of twelve cubits doth compass it, and its thickness is four fingers hollow.
And its thickness is a handbreadth, and its lip as the work of the lip of a cup flowered with lilies; taking hold -- baths three thousand it containeth.
and hast made for it a border of a handbreadth round about, and hast made a crown of gold to its border round about.
Lo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age is as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity is every man set up. Selah.
Also, My hand hath founded earth, And My right hand stretched out the heavens, I am calling unto them, they stand together.
And the boundaries are one handbreadth, prepared within all round about: and on the tables is the flesh of the offering.
Life » Uncertainty of physical » Only a handbreadth in extent
Lo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age is as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity is every man set up. Selah.
Remember, I pray Thee, what is life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?
For all our days pined away in Thy wrath, We consumed our years as a meditation.
My days as a shadow are stretched out, And I -- as the herb I am withered.
For who knoweth what is good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun?
Life » Brief » Only a handbreadth in extent
Lo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age is as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity is every man set up. Selah.
Remember, I pray Thee, what is life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?
For all our days pined away in Thy wrath, We consumed our years as a meditation.
My days as a shadow are stretched out, And I -- as the herb I am withered.
For who knoweth what is good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun?
natural Life » Is compared to » A hand-breadth
Lo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age is as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity is every man set up. Selah.
Measure » A hand-breadth
And these are measures of the altar by cubits: The cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth, and the centre is a cubit, and a cubit the breadth; and its border on its edge round about is one span, and this is the upper part of the altar.
And its thickness is an handbreadth, and its edge as the work of the edge of a cup, flowers of lilies; two thousand baths it containeth.
And lo, a wall on the outside of the house all round about, and in the hand of the man a measuring-reed, six cubits by a cubit and a handbreadth, and he measureth the breadth of the building one reed, and the height one reed.
And its thickness is a handbreadth, and its lip as the work of the lip of a cup flowered with lilies; taking hold -- baths three thousand it containeth.
and hast made for it a border of a handbreadth round about, and hast made a crown of gold to its border round about.
Lo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age is as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity is every man set up. Selah.
And the boundaries are one handbreadth, prepared within all round about: and on the tables is the flesh of the offering.
And he maketh for it a border of a handbreadth round about, and maketh a wreath of gold for its border round about;
Measures » Of length » Handbreadth
and hast made for it a border of a handbreadth round about, and hast made a crown of gold to its border round about.
Lo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age is as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity is every man set up. Selah.
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Determining the period of human life
He made also of one blood every nation of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth -- having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings --
In Thy hand are my times, Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from my pursuers.
Lo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age is as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity is every man set up. Selah.
Time » Brevity of » Only a handbreadth in extent
Lo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age is as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity is every man set up. Selah.
Remember, I pray Thee, what is life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?
For all our days pined away in Thy wrath, We consumed our years as a meditation.
My days as a shadow are stretched out, And I -- as the herb I am withered.
For who knoweth what is good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun?
Vanity » Man at his best estate is
Lo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age is as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity is every man set up. Selah.