Job 14:2
As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.
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- Job 8:9 : 9 (For of yesterday we `are', and we know not, For a shadow `are' our days on earth.)
- 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 because all flesh `is' as grass, and all glory of man as flower of grass; wither did the grass, and the flower of it fell away,
- Isa 40:6-8 : 6 A voice is saying, `Call,' And he said, `What do I call?' All flesh `is' grass, and all its goodliness `is' As a flower of the field: 7 Withered hath grass, faded the flower, For the Spirit of Jehovah blew upon it, Surely the people `is' grass; 8 Withered hath grass, faded the flower, But a word of our God riseth for ever.
- Ps 103:15-16 : 15 Mortal man! as grass `are' his days, As a flower of the field so he flourisheth; 16 For a wind hath passed over it, and it is not, And its place doth not discern it any more.
- 1 Chr 29:15 : 15 for sojourners we `are' before Thee, and settlers, like all our fathers; as a shadow `are' our days on the land, and there is none abiding.
- Ps 102:11 : 11 My days as a shadow `are' stretched out, And I -- as the herb I am withered.
- Ps 144:4 : 4 Man to vanity hath been like, His days `are' as a shadow passing by.
- Jas 1:10-11 : 10 and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away; 11 for the sun did rise with the burning heat, and did wither the grass, and the flower of it fell, and the grace of its appearance did perish, so also the rich in his way shall fade away!
- Jas 4:14 : 14 who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;
- Eccl 8:13 : 13 And good is not to the wicked, and he doth not prolong days as a shadow, because he is not fearing before God.
- Job 9:25-26 : 25 My days have been swifter than a runner, They have fled, they have not seen good, 26 They have passed on with ships of reed, As an eagle darteth on food.
- Ps 90:5-9 : 5 Thou hast inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning as grass he changeth. 6 In the morning it flourisheth, and hath changed, At evening it is cut down, and hath withered. 7 For we were consumed in Thine anger, And in Thy fury we have been troubled. 8 Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, Our hidden things at the light of Thy face, 9 For all our days pined away in Thy wrath, We consumed our years as a meditation.
- Ps 92:7 : 7 When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity -- For their being destroyed for ever and ever!
- Ps 92:12 : 12 The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth.
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4Man to vanity hath been like, His days `are' as a shadow passing by.
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1Man, born of woman! Of few days, and full of trouble!
- Ps 103:15-162 verses81%
15Mortal man! as grass `are' his days, As a flower of the field so he flourisheth;
16For a wind hath passed over it, and it is not, And its place doth not discern it any more.
- Job 14:5-128 verses81%
5If determined are his days, The number of his months `are' with Thee, His limit Thou hast made, And he passeth not over;
6Look away from off him that he may cease, Till he enjoy as an hireling his day.
7For there is of a tree hope, if it be cut down, That again it doth change, That its tender branch doth not cease.
8If its root becometh old in the earth, And its stem doth die in the dust,
9From the fragrance of water it doth flourish, And hath made a crop as a plant.
10And a man dieth, and becometh weak, And man expireth, and where `is' he?
11Waters have gone away from a sea, And a river becometh waste and dry.
12And man hath lain down, and riseth not, Till the wearing out of the heavens they awake not, Nor are roused from their sleep.
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3Also -- on this Thou hast opened Thine eyes, And dost bring me into judgment with Thee.
- Jas 1:10-112 verses76%
10and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away;
11for the sun did rise with the burning heat, and did wither the grass, and the flower of it fell, and the grace of its appearance did perish, so also the rich in his way shall fade away!
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6In the morning it flourisheth, and hath changed, At evening it is cut down, and hath withered.
- Job 20:7-82 verses76%
7As his own dung for ever he doth perish, His beholders say: `Where `is' he?'
8As a dream he fleeth, and they find him not, And he is driven away as a vision of the night,
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12While it `is' in its budding -- uncropt, Even before any herb it withereth.
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4His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.
- Job 7:9-102 verses75%
9Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up.
10He turneth not again to his house, Nor doth his place discern him again.
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4For in vanity he came in, and in darkness he goeth, and in darkness his name is covered,
- Job 15:29-302 verses75%
29He is not rich, nor doth his wealth rise, Nor doth he stretch out on earth their continuance.
30He turneth not aside from darkness, His tender branch doth a flame dry up, And he turneth aside at the breath of His mouth!
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11My days as a shadow `are' stretched out, And I -- as the herb I am withered.
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14If a man dieth -- doth he revive? All days of my warfare I wait, till my change come.
- Eccl 5:15-162 verses74%
15As he came out from the belly of his mother, naked he turneth back to go as he came, and he taketh not away anything of his labour, that doth go in his hand.
16And this also `is' a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage `is' to him who laboureth for wind?
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24because all flesh `is' as grass, and all glory of man as flower of grass; wither did the grass, and the flower of it fell away,
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14for we do surely die, and `are' as water which is running down to the earth, which is not gathered, and God doth not accept a person, and hath devised devices in that the outcast is not outcast by Him.
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12And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.
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15Expire doth all flesh together, And man to dust returneth.
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6My days swifter than a weaving machine, And they are consumed without hope.
- Job 18:16-183 verses73%
16From beneath his roots are dried up, And from above cut off is his crop.
17His memorial hath perished from the land, And he hath no name on the street.
18They thrust him from light unto darkness, And from the habitable earth cast him out.
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14who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;
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20Thou prevailest `over' him for ever, and he goeth, He is changing his countenance, And Thou sendest him away.
- Ps 89:47-482 verses72%
47Remember, I pray Thee, what `is' life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?
48Who `is' the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. Selah.
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16Green he `is' before the sun, And over his garden his branch goeth out.
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22And hath drawn the mighty by his power, He riseth, and none believeth in life.
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7Withered hath grass, faded the flower, For the Spirit of Jehovah blew upon it, Surely the people `is' grass;
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9(For of yesterday we `are', and we know not, For a shadow `are' our days on earth.)
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36And he passeth away, and lo, he is not, And I seek him, and he is not found!
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12My sojourning hath departed, And been removed from me as a shepherd's tent, I have drawn together, as a weaver, my life, By weakness it cutteth me off, From day unto night Thou dost end me.
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20From morning to evening are beaten down, Without any regarding, for ever they perish.
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20Are not my days few? Cease then, and put from me, And I brighten up a little,
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32And he -- to the graves he is brought. And over the heap a watch is kept.