11 My days are like a shadow that lengthens,
And I wither away like grass.

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(A)He comes forth like a flower and fades away;
He flees like a shadow and does not continue.

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23 I am gone (A)like a shadow when it lengthens;
I am shaken off like a locust.

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(A)Man is like a breath;
(B)His days are like a passing shadow.

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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,

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  1. 1 Peter 1:24 NU its glory as

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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10 but the rich in his humiliation, because (A)as a flower of the field he will pass away.

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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.
The grass withers, the flower fades,
Because the breath of the Lord blows upon it;
Surely the people are grass.
The grass withers, the flower fades,
But (B)the word of our God stands forever.”

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  1. Isaiah 40:6 So with MT, Tg.; DSS, LXX, Vg. I

12 For who knows what is good for man in life, [a]all the days of his [b]vain life which he passes like (A)a shadow? (B)Who can tell a man what will happen after him under the sun?

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  1. Ecclesiastes 6:12 Lit. the number of the days
  2. Ecclesiastes 6:12 futile

For my days [a]are (A)consumed like smoke,
And my bones are burned like a hearth.
My heart is stricken and withered like grass,
So that I forget to eat my bread.

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  1. Psalm 102:3 Lit. end in

Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my age is as nothing before You;
Certainly every man at his best state is but (A)vapor. Selah
Surely every man walks about like a shadow;
Surely they [a]busy themselves in vain;
He heaps up riches,
And does not know who will gather them.

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  1. Psalm 39:6 make an uproar for nothing

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