'Human' in the Bible

Human beings born by women are short-lived and full of trouble.

"But a man dies, and he dwindles away; thus a human being passes away, and where is he?

If a human being dies, will he live again? I will endure the entire time of my assigned service, until I am changed.

Water wears away stones; floods wash away topsoil from the land but you destroy the hope of human beings just like that!

"Were you born the firstborn of the human race? And were you brought forth {before} [the] hills?

"What [is] a human being, that he can be clean, or that [one] born of a woman can be righteous?

crying for him to arbitrate between this man and God; as a human being does with his fellow neighbor.

"Did you know this from of old, since the setting of [the] human being on earth,

Total darkness is reserved for his treasures.A fire unfanned by human hands will consume him;it will feed on what is left in his tent.

This [is] a wicked human being's portion from God and the inheritance of his decree from God."

After all, isn't my complaint against a human being? If so, why shouldn't I be impatient?

"Can a human being be useful to God, since he, who is wise, is sufficient to himself?

How can a human being become right with God? How can a human being be pure?

{How much less} for a human being [who is] a maggot, and {a human} [who is] a worm?"

"This [is the] portion of [the] wicked human being with God, and they receive from Shaddai [the] inheritance of [the] ruthless.

He cuts a shaft far from human habitation,in places unknown to those who walk above ground.Suspended far away from people,the miners swing back and forth.

A human being does not know its proper value, and it is not found in [the] land of the living.

And to the human beings he said, 'Look, the fear of the Lord [is] wisdom, and to depart from evil [is] understanding.'"

They were expelled from human society;people shouted at them as if they were thieves.

{Have I concealed} my transgressions as [other] human beings to hide my iniquity in my bosom

"Truly, it [is] a spirit in a human being, and the breath of Shaddai teaches them.

{Please let me not show partiality to anyone}, and let me not show flattery to human beings,

"You aren't right about this; My response is that God is greater than human beings.

to turn human beings aside [from their] deeds, and he keeps man from pride.

"If there is a messenger beside him, a mediator, one of a thousand, to declare to a human being his uprightness

He prays to God, then he accepts him, and he sees his face with a shout of joy, and he repays to the human being his righteousness.

Indeed, he will repay [according to] a human being's deeds, and according to a man's way he will let [it] happen [to] him.

all flesh would perish together and human beings would return to dust.

"They die suddenly, in the middle of the night; people suffer seizures and pass away; even valiant men can be taken away and not by human hands.

Yes, Job, his eyes constantly watch the behavior of human beings; he carefully observes their every step.

so that godless human beings should not reign, nor those who ensnare [the] people.

Your wickedness affects a person like yourself,and your righteousness another human being.

All of mankind sees him; human beings observe him from afar off."

which [the] clouds pour down; they shower abundantly on human beings.

{he stops all human beings from working} {so that everyone whom he has made may know it}.

to bring rain on an uninhabited land,on a desert with no human life,

Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them,

Make them afraid, LORD, Let the nations know that they are only human. Interlude

For the choir director: according to Sheminith. A Davidic psalm.Help, Lord, for no faithful one remains;the loyal have disappeared from the human race.

The wicked wander everywhere,and what is worthless is exalted by the human race.

The Lord looks down from heaven on the human raceto see if there is one who is wise,one who seeks God.

You will wipe their descendants from the earthand their offspring from the human race.

When the LORD looks down from heaven, he observes every human being.

He is the one who forms every human heart, and takes note of all their actions.

How precious is your loyal love, O God! The human race finds shelter under your wings.

(the ransom price for a human life is too high, and people go to their final destiny),

God looks down from heaven on the human raceto see if there is one who is wise,one who seeks God.

Give us aid against the foe,for human help is worthless.

Human beings are a mere vapor, while people in high positions are not what they appear. When they are placed on the scales, they weigh nothing; even when weighed together, they are less than nothing.

Come and see the awesome works of God on behalf of human beings:

Even human wrath will praise You;You will clothe Yourselfwith their remaining wrath.

However, as all human beings do, you will die, and like other rulers, you will fall.'

Remember how short my lifetime is! How powerless have you created all human beings!

Does the one who makes the human ear not hear? Does the one who forms the human eye not see?

Does the one who disciplines the nations not punish? He is the one who imparts knowledge to human beings!

The LORD knows the thoughts of human beings that they are futile.

Let them give thanks to the Lordfor His faithful loveand His wonderful works for all humanity.

Let them give thanks to the Lordfor His faithful loveand His wonderful works for all humanity.

Let them give thanks to the Lordfor His faithful loveand His wonderful works for all humanity.

Let them give thanks to the Lordfor His faithful loveand His wonderful works for all humanity.

Give us aid against the foe,for human help is worthless.

Their idols are silver and gold,made by human hands.

The heavens are the Lord’s,but the earth He has given to the human race.

I have seen that all [human] perfection has its limits [no matter how grand and perfect and noble];Your commandment is exceedingly broad and extends without limits [into eternity].

Redeem me from human oppression,and I will keep Your precepts.

The idols of the nations are of silver and gold,made by human hands.

LORD, what are human beings, that you should care about them, or mortal man, that you should think about him?

The human person is a mere empty breath; his days are like a fading shadow.

Do not look to nobles, nor to mere human beings who cannot save.

Let your fountain (wife) be blessed [with the rewards of fidelity],And rejoice in the wife of your youth.

For before the eyes of Yahweh [are] {human ways}, and all his paths he examines.

I was rejoicing in His inhabited world,delighting in the human race.

The fruit of the [consistently] righteous is a tree of life,And he who is wise captures and wins souls [for God—he gathers them for eternity].

Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord—how much more, human hearts.

Human beings long for grace, and it's better to be poor than a man of deceit.

The human spirit is like the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts.

There is no [human] wisdom or understandingOr counsel [that can prevail] against the Lord.

Do not weary yourself [with the overwhelming desire] to gain wealth;Cease from your own understanding of it.

Sheol and Abaddon are never satiated, and neither are human eyes.

A man who is laden with the guilt of human bloodWill be a fugitive until death; let no one support him.

Fearing any human being is a trap, but confiding in the LORD keeps anyone safe.

Surely I am beyond the senselessness of any man; I do not perceive things the way human beings do.

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords and whose molars are like knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among the human race.

I dedicated myself to using wisdom for study and discovery of everything that is done under heaven. God uses terrible things so human beings will struggle with life.

I spoke with my heart, saying, “Behold, I have acquired great [human] wisdom and experience, more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has observed a wealth of [moral] wisdom and [scientific] knowledge.”

For in much [human] wisdom there is much displeasure and exasperation; increasing knowledge increases sorrow.

I decided to indulge in wine, while still remaining committed to wisdom. I also tried to indulge in foolishness, just enough to determine whether it was good for human beings under heaven given the short time of their lives.

So I turned to consider [secular] wisdom, madness, and folly; for what will the man do who succeeds the king? Nothing except what has already been done.

Then I saw that [even secular] wisdom [that brings sorrow] is better than [the pleasures of] folly and self-indulgence as light excels darkness.

The only worthwhile thing for a human being is to eat, drink, and enjoy life's goodness that he finds in what he accomplishes. This, I observed, is also from the hand of God himself,

I have observed the burdens placed by God on human beings in order to perfect them.

God has made everything fit beautifully in its appropriate time, but he has also placed ignorance in the human heart so that people cannot discover what God has ordained, from the beginning to the end of their lives.

"As for human beings," I told myself, "God puts them to the test, that they might see themselves as mere animals."

For what happens to people also happens to animals a single event happens to them: just as someone dies, so does the other. In fact, they all breathe the same way, so that a human being has no superiority over an animal. All of this is pointless.

Who knows whether the spirit of human beings ascends, and whether the spirit of animals descends to the earth?

There exists another misfortune that I have observed on earth, and it is a heavy burden upon human beings:

Whatever exists has been named already; people know what it means to be human and a person cannot defeat one who is more powerful than he.

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]?

Whatever has happened is beyond human understanding; it is far deeper than anyone can fathom.

I have discovered only this: God made human beings for righteousness, but they seek many alternatives."