Psalm 102:11
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11 My days are like a shadow that lengthens,
And I wither away like grass.
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.
Psalm 109:23
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23 I am gone (A)like a shadow when it lengthens;
I am shaken off like a locust.
Psalm 144:4
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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
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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James 1:10
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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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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
Ecclesiastes 6:12
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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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- Ecclesiastes 6:12 Lit. the number of the days
- Ecclesiastes 6:12 futile
Psalm 102:3-4
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3 For my days [a]are (A)consumed like smoke,
And my bones are burned like a hearth.
4 My heart is stricken and withered like grass,
So that I forget to eat my bread.
Footnotes
- Psalm 102:3 Lit. end in
Psalm 39:5-6
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5 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
6 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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- Psalm 39:6 make an uproar for nothing
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