Thematic Bible: Uncertainty of physical
Thematic Bible
Life » Uncertainty of physical » Only a handbreadth in extent
and my life span as nothing in Your sight.
Yes, every mortal man is only a vapor.
Have You created everyone for nothing?
we end our years like a sigh.
and I wither away like grass.
For who knows what is good for man in life, in the few days of his futile life that he spends like a shadow? Who can tell man what will happen after him under the sun?
Life » Uncertainty of physical » Like hurrying messengers
he flees like a shadow and does not last.
they flee without seeing any good.
Life » Uncertainty of physical » Like a shadow
For we live before You as foreigners and temporary residents in Your presence as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
Life » Uncertainty of physical » Like a flying shuttle
they come to an end without hope.
Our days on earth are but a shadow.
Life » Uncertainty of physical » Life brief, figurative allusions to the brevity of
Jacob said to Pharaoh, “My pilgrimage has lasted 130 years. My years have been few and hard, and they have not surpassed the years of my fathers during their pilgrimages.”
Life » Uncertainty of physical » Like a weaver's web
like a shepherd’s tent.
I have rolled up my life like a weaver;
He cuts me off from the loom.
You make an end of me from day until night.
Life » Uncertainty of physical » Like a vanishing vapour
You don’t even know what tomorrow will bring—what your life will be! For you are like smoke that appears for a little while, then vanishes.