Psalms 144:4

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Man is like a thinge of naught, his tyme passeth awaye like a shadowe.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 102:11 : 11 My dayes are gone like a shadowe, and I am wythered like grasse.
  • Job 8:9 : 9 Namely, yt we are but of yesterdaye, and considre not, that oure dayes vpon earth are buth a very shadow.
  • Ps 109:23 : 23 My knees are weake thorow fastinge, my flesh is dried vp for want of fatnesse.
  • Eccl 1:2 : 2 All is but vanite (saieth ye preacher) all is but playne vanite.
  • Eccl 1:14 : 14 Thus I haue considered all the thinges that come to passe vnder the Sone, & lo, they are all but vanite & vexacion of mynde.
  • Eccl 8:13 : 13 Agayne, as for the vngodly, it shall not be well with him, nether shal he prologe his dayes: but euen as a shadowe, so shall he be that feareth not God.
  • Eccl 12:8 : 8 All is but vanite (sayeth the preacher) all is but playne vanite.
  • Job 14:1-3 : 1 Man that is borne of a woman, hath but a shorte tyme to lyue, and is full of dyuerse miseries. 2 He cometh vp, and falleth awaye like a floure. He flyeth as it were a shadowe, and neuer continueth in one state. 3 Thinkest thou it now well done, to open thine eyes vpon soch one, and to brynge me before the in iudgment?
  • Ps 39:5-6 : 5 LORDE, let me knowe myne ende, and the nombre of my dayes: that I maye be certified what I wante. 6 Beholde, thou hast made my dayes a spanne longe, and my life is as it were nothinge before the. O how vayne are all men lyuynge?
  • Ps 39:11 : 11 When thou punyshest man for synne, thou chastenest him: so that his beutie consumeth awaye, like as it were a mothe. O how vayne are all men?
  • Ps 62:9 : 9 Sela. As for men, they are but vayne, me are disceatfull: vpo the weightes they are al together lighter then vanite itself.
  • Ps 89:47 : 47 Sela. LORDE, how longe wilt thou hyde thy self? For euer? shal thy wrath burne like fyre?
  • Ps 103:15-16 : 15 That a man in his tyme is but as is grasse, & florisheth as a floure of the felde. 16 For as soone as the wynde goeth ouer it, it gone, and the place therof knoweth it nomore.
  • 2 Sam 14:14 : 14 For we all dye the death, and as the water that sinketh in to the earth, which is not taken vp. And God will not take awaye the lyfe, but vnbethynketh himselfe, yt euen the very outlawe be not cleane thrust out from him.
  • 1 Chr 29:15 : 15 For we are but pilgrems & straugers before the, as were all oure fathers. Oure life vpon earth is as a shadowe, and here is no abydinge.
  • Job 4:19 : 19 How moch more the shal they (that dwell in houses of claye, whose foundacion is but earth) be moth eaten?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 103:14-16
    3 verses
    83%

    14 For he knoweth wherof we be made, he remembreth that we are but dust.

    15 That a man in his tyme is but as is grasse, & florisheth as a floure of the felde.

    16 For as soone as the wynde goeth ouer it, it gone, and the place therof knoweth it nomore.

  • Job 14:1-2
    2 verses
    83%

    1 Man that is borne of a woman, hath but a shorte tyme to lyue, and is full of dyuerse miseries.

    2 He cometh vp, and falleth awaye like a floure. He flyeth as it were a shadowe, and neuer continueth in one state.

  • Ps 144:3
    81%

    3 LORDE, what is ma, that thou hast soch respecte vnto him? Or the sonne of man, that thou so regardest him?

  • Ps 39:4-6
    3 verses
    81%

    4 My hert was hote within me, & whyle I was thus musynge, the fyre kyndled: so that I spake with my tonge.

    5 LORDE, let me knowe myne ende, and the nombre of my dayes: that I maye be certified what I wante.

    6 Beholde, thou hast made my dayes a spanne longe, and my life is as it were nothinge before the. O how vayne are all men lyuynge?

  • Ps 146:4
    79%

    4 Blessed is he that hath ye God of Iacob for his helpe, and whose hope is in the LORDE his God.

  • Jas 4:14
    78%

    14 & yet ca not tell what shal happe to morowe. For what thinge is youre life? It is euen a vapoure that apereth for a lytell tyme, and the vanysheth awaye:

  • Ps 102:11
    78%

    11 My dayes are gone like a shadowe, and I am wythered like grasse.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
    2 verses
    78%

    11 A vayne thinge is it to cast out many wordes, but what hath a man els?

    12 For who knoweth what is good for man lyuynge, in ye dayes of his vayne life, which is but a shadowe? Or, who wil tell a man, what shal happen after him vnder the Sonne?

  • Job 14:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10 But as for man, when he is deed, perished and consumed awaye, what becommeth of him?

    11 The floudes when they be dryed vp, & the ryuers when they be emptie, are fylled agayne thorow the flowinge waters of the see:

  • Job 8:9
    78%

    9 Namely, yt we are but of yesterdaye, and considre not, that oure dayes vpon earth are buth a very shadow.

  • Ps 49:12
    77%

    12 Neuerthelesse ma abydeth not insoch honor, but is copared vnto ye brute beastes, & becometh like vnto the.

  • Ps 89:47
    77%

    47 Sela. LORDE, how longe wilt thou hyde thy self? For euer? shal thy wrath burne like fyre?

  • Job 34:15
    76%

    15 All flesh shal come together vnto naught, & all me shal turne agayne vnto earth.

  • Ps 39:11
    76%

    11 When thou punyshest man for synne, thou chastenest him: so that his beutie consumeth awaye, like as it were a mothe. O how vayne are all men?

  • Eccl 6:4
    75%

    4 For he cometh to naught, & goeth his waye in to darcknes, and his name is forgotten.

  • Job 10:5
    75%

    5 Are thy dayes as the dayes of man, and thy yeares as mans yeares?

  • Eccl 11:8
    75%

    8 Yf a man lyue many yeares, and be glad in them all, let him remembre the dayes of darcknesse, which shalbe many: & when they come, all thinges shalbe but vanite.

  • Job 7:17
    75%

    17 What is man, that thou hast him in soch reputacion, and settest so moch by him?

  • 1 Chr 29:15
    75%

    15 For we are but pilgrems & straugers before the, as were all oure fathers. Oure life vpon earth is as a shadowe, and here is no abydinge.

  • 1 Pet 1:24
    74%

    24 For all flesh is as grasse, and all the glory of man is as the floure of grasse. The grasse withereth, & the floure falleth awaye

  • Ps 94:11
    74%

    11 The LORDE knoweth the thoughtes of men, that they are but vayne.

  • Isa 2:22
    74%

    22 Every man can eschue a persone moued in anger, for what doth he wysely?

  • Jas 1:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10 and the rich, in yt he is made lowe. For eue as the flor of ye grasse shal he vanyshe awaye.

    11 The Sonne ryseth wt heat and the grasse wydereth, & his floure falleth awaye, and the beautie of the fassion of it perissheth: euen so shal the ryche man perisshe with his abundaunce.

  • Job 7:6
    73%

    6 my dayes passe ouer more spedely, the a weeuer can weeue out his webbe, and are gone, or I am awarre.

  • Eccl 3:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19 for it happeneth vnto men as it doth vnto beastes, & as the one dyeth, so dyeth ye other: yee they haue both one maner of breth, so yt (in this) a man hath no preemynence aboue a beest, but all are subdued vnto vanite.

    20 They go all vnto one place, for as they be all of dust, so shal they all turne vnto dust againe.

  • Ps 90:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3 Thou turnest man to destruccion, Agayne, thou sayest: come agayne ye children of men.

    4 For a thousande yeares in thy sight are but as yesterdaye that is past, and like as it were a night watch.

  • Job 7:1
    73%

    1 Is not the life off ma vpon earth a very batayll? Are not his dayes, like the dayes of an hyred seruaunte?

  • Ps 4:2
    73%

    2 O ye sonnes off men: how longe will ye blaspheme myne honoure? why haue ye soch pleasure in vanyte, & seke after lyes?

  • Job 4:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19 How moch more the shal they (that dwell in houses of claye, whose foundacion is but earth) be moth eaten?

    20 They shalbe destroyed from the mornynge vnto the euenynge: yee they shall perish, or euer they be awarre:

  • Ps 8:4
    73%

    4 Oh what is man, yt thou art so myndfull of him? ether the sonne of ma that thou visitest him?

  • Ps 62:9
    73%

    9 Sela. As for men, they are but vayne, me are disceatfull: vpo the weightes they are al together lighter then vanite itself.

  • Ps 90:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9 For when thou art angrie, all or dayes are gone, we brynge or yeares to an ende, as it were a tayle that is tolde.

    10 The dayes of oure age are iij. score yeares & ten: & though men be so stronge that they come to iiij. score yeares, yet is their strength then but laboure and sorowe: so soone passeth it awaye, & we are gone.

  • Eccl 12:8
    73%

    8 All is but vanite (sayeth the preacher) all is but playne vanite.

  • Job 17:11
    72%

    11 My dayes are past, my thoughtes are vanished awaye, which haue vexed myne herte,

  • Ps 90:6
    72%

    6 In the mornynge it is grene and groweth vp, but in the euenynge it is cutt downe and wythered.

  • Job 14:5
    72%

    5 The dayes of man are shorte, ye nombre of his monethes are knowne only vnto the. Thou hast apoynted him his boundes, he can not go beyonde them.

  • Eccl 4:4
    72%

    4 Agayne, I sawe that all trauayle and diligence of laboure was hated of euery man. This is also a vaine thinge, and a vexacion of mynde.

  • Eccl 2:23
    72%

    23 but heuynesse, sorowe & disquyetnes all ye dayes of his life? In so moch that his herte can not rest in the night. Is not this also a vayne thinge?