13 Bible Verses about Life, Brevity Of

Let me know, O Yahweh, mine end, And the measure of my days - what it is, I would know how short-lived I am.

My days, are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and they are spent, without hope.

for, sojourners, are we before thee, and strangers, like all our fathers, - like a shadow, are our days upon the earth, and there is no hope.

For, of yesterday, are, we, and cannot know, for, a shadow, are our days upon earth:

So then he remembered, That, Flesh, they were, A Wind departing, that returneth not.

Men who are not versed in the morrow - of what sort your life will be ; for ye are, a vapour - for a little, appearing, then, just disappearing!

My days, therefore, are swifter than a runner, They have fled, they have seen no good.

Are not my days, few? - then forbear, and set me aside, that I may brighten up for a little;

But David sware yet further, and said - Thy father, doth know, that I have found favour in thine eyes, therefore saith he, - Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he grieve; but, indeed, by the life of Yahweh, and by the life of thine own soul, surely there is but as it were a step betwixt me and death!

Remember how short-lived, I, am, Wherefore, in vain, hast thou created all the sons of Adam?

As a flower, he cometh forth - and fadeth, He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

My days, are like a shadow extended, And, I, as green herbage, do wither.

A voice saying Cry! And one said - What should I cry? All flesh, is grass, And, all the grace thereof, like the flower of the field: