Job 14:2
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2 (A)He comes forth like a flower and fades away;
He flees like a shadow and does not continue.
Isaiah 40:6-8
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6 The voice said, “Cry out!”
And [a]he said, “What shall I cry?”
(A)“All flesh is grass,
And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.
7 The grass withers, the flower fades,
Because the breath of the Lord blows upon it;
Surely the people are grass.
8 The grass withers, the flower fades,
But (B)the word of our God stands forever.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:6 So with MT, Tg.; DSS, LXX, Vg. I
Job 8:9
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Footnotes
- Job 8:9 Lit. not
1 Peter 1:24
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24 because
(A)“All flesh is as grass,
And all [a]the glory of man as the flower of the grass.
The grass withers,
And its flower falls away,
Footnotes
- 1 Peter 1:24 NU its glory as
Psalm 103:15-16
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15 As for man, (A)his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16 (B)For the wind passes over it, and it is [a]gone,
And (C)its place remembers it no more.
Footnotes
- Psalm 103:16 not
James 4:14
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14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? (A)It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
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1 Chronicles 29:15
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15 For (A)we are [a]aliens and [b]pilgrims before You,
As were all our fathers;
(B)Our days on earth are as a shadow,
And without hope.
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 29:15 sojourners, temporary residents
- 1 Chronicles 29:15 transients, temporary residents in an even more temporary sense
James 1:10-11
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10 but the rich in his humiliation, because (A)as a flower of the field he will pass away. 11 For no sooner has the sun risen with a burning heat than it withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beautiful appearance perishes. So the rich man also will fade away in his pursuits.
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Psalm 144:4
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Psalm 102:11
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11 My days are like a shadow that lengthens,
And I wither away like grass.
Job 9:25-26
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25 “Now (A)my days are swifter than a runner;
They flee away, they see no good.
26 They pass by like [a]swift ships,
(B)Like an eagle swooping on its prey.
Footnotes
- Job 9:26 Lit. ships of reeds
Ecclesiastes 8:13
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13 But it will not be well with the wicked; nor will he prolong his days, which are as a shadow, because he does not fear before God.
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Psalm 92:12
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12 (A)The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree,
He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Psalm 92:7
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7 When (A)the wicked [a]spring up like grass,
And when all the workers of iniquity flourish,
It is that they may be destroyed forever.
Footnotes
- Psalm 92:7 sprout
Psalm 90:5-9
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5 You carry them away like a flood;
(A)They are like a sleep.
In the morning (B)they are like grass which grows up:
6 In the morning it flourishes and grows up;
In the evening it is cut down and withers.
7 For we have been consumed by Your anger,
And by Your wrath we are terrified.
8 (C)You have set our iniquities before You,
Our (D)secret sins in the light of Your countenance.
9 For all our days have passed away in Your wrath;
We finish our years like a sigh.
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