Psalm 109:23
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23 Like a lengthening shadow I am gone,
I am shaken off like the locust.
Psalm 144:4
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Job 8:9
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9 As we are but of yesterday and have no knowledge,
because our days on earth are but a shadow—(A)
Job 14:2
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2 Like a flower that springs up and fades,(A)
swift as a shadow that does not abide.
Ecclesiastes 6:12
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12 (A)For who knows what is good for mortals in life, the limited days of their vain life, spent like a shadow? Because who can tell them what will come afterward under the sun?(B)
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Wisdom 2:5
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5 For our lifetime is the passing of a shadow;
and our dying cannot be deferred
because it is fixed with a seal; and no one returns.(A)
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