Ecclesiastes 6:12
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12 For who knows what is good for mortals while they live the few days of their vain life, which they pass like a shadow? For who can tell them what will be after them under the sun?(A)
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James 4:14
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14 Yet you do not even know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 3:22
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22 So I saw that there is nothing better than that all should enjoy their work, for that is their lot; who can bring them to see what will be after them?(A)
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Job 14:2
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2 comes up like a flower and withers,
flees like a shadow and does not last.(A)
Lamentations 3:24-27
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24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“therefore I will hope in him.”(A)
25 The Lord is good to those who wait for him,
to the soul that seeks him.(B)
26 It is good that one should wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord.(C)
27 It is good for one to bear
the yoke in youth,(D)
Psalm 144:4
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4 They are like a breath;
their days are like a passing shadow.(A)
Psalm 39:5-6
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5 You have made my days a few handbreadths,
and my lifetime is as nothing in your sight.
Surely everyone stands as a mere breath. Selah(A)
6 Surely everyone goes about like a shadow.
Surely for nothing they are in turmoil;
they heap up and do not know who will gather.(B)
Ecclesiastes 8:13
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13 but it will not be well with the wicked, neither will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 8:7
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7 Indeed, they do not know what is to be, for who can tell them how it will be?(A)
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Job 8:9
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9 for we are but of yesterday, and we know nothing,
for our days on earth are but a shadow.(A)
1 Chronicles 29:15
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15 For we are aliens and transients before you, as were all our ancestors; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 12:13
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13 The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments, for that is the whole duty of everyone.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 9:6
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6 Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished; never again will they have any share in all that happens under the sun.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 2:3
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3 I searched with my mind how to cheer my body with wine—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—and how to lay hold on folly, until I might see what was good for mortals to do under heaven during the few days of their life.
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Psalm 109:23
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23 I am gone like a shadow at evening;
I am shaken off like a locust.(A)
Psalm 102:11
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11 My days are like a lengthening shadow;
I wither away like grass.(A)
Psalm 90:10-12
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10 The days of our life are seventy years
or perhaps eighty, if we are strong;
even then their span[a] is only toil and trouble;
they are soon gone, and we fly away.(A)
11 Who considers the power of your anger?
Your wrath is as great as the fear that is due you.(B)
12 So teach us to count our days
that we may gain a wise heart.(C)
Footnotes
- 90.10 Cn Compare Gk Syr Jerome Tg: Heb pride
Psalm 17:15
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15 As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness;
when I awake I shall be satisfied, beholding your likeness.(A)
Psalm 4:6
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6 There are many who say, “O that we might see some good!
Let the light of your face shine on us, O Lord!”(A)
Job 14:21
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21 Their children come to honor, and they do not know it;
they are brought low, and it goes unnoticed.(A)
Micah 6:8
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8 He has told you, O mortal, what is good,
and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice and to love kindness
and to walk humbly with your God?(A)
Psalm 89:47
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Footnotes
- 89.47 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 47:4
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4 He chose our heritage for us,
the pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah(A)
Psalm 16:5
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5 The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;
you hold my lot.(A)
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