Verse 9

for we were only born yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Chr 29:15 : 15 For we are strangers and temporary residents before you, as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
  • Job 14:2 : 2 He springs up like a flower and withers away; he flees like a shadow and does not endure.
  • Ps 144:4 : 4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
  • Gen 47:9 : 9 Jacob replied to Pharaoh, 'The days of my sojourning have been one hundred thirty years. My years have been few and difficult, and they do not compare to the years of the lives of my fathers during their sojourning.'
  • Ps 102:11 : 11 Because of your wrath and indignation, for you have lifted me up and thrown me aside.
  • Job 7:6 : 6 My days pass more swiftly than a weaver's shuttle, and they come to an end without hope.
  • Ps 39:5 : 5 LORD, let me know my end and the number of my days, so I may understand how fleeting my life is.
  • Ps 90:4 : 4 For a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it passes, or like a watch in the night.