Verse 11

My dayes are like a shadowe that fadeth, and I am withered like grasse.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 14:2 : 2 He shooteth foorth as a flowre, and is cut downe: he vanisheth also as a shadowe, and continueth not.
  • Ps 109:23 : 23 I depart like the shadowe that declineth, and am shaken off as the grashopper.
  • Ps 144:4 : 4 Man is like to vanitie: his dayes are like a shadow, that vanisheth.
  • Eccl 6:12 : 12 (7:2) For who knoweth what is good for man in the life and in the nomber of the dayes of the life of his vanitie, seeing he maketh them as a shadowe? For who can shewe vnto man what shall be after him vnder the sunne?
  • Isa 40:6-8 : 6 A voyce saide, Crie; he saide, What shall I crie? All flesh is grasse, and all the grace thereof is as the floure of the fielde. 7 The grasse withereth, the floure fadeth, because the Spirite of the Lorde bloweth vpon it: surely the people is grasse. 8 The grasse withereth, the floure fadeth: but the worde of our God shall stand for euer.
  • Jas 1:10 : 10 Againe hee that is rich, in that hee is made lowe: for as the flower of the grasse, shall he vanish away.
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 (And yet ye cannot tell what shalbe to morowe. For what is your life? It is euen a vapour that appeareth for a litle time, and afterward vanisheth away)
  • 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 For all flesh is as grasse, and all the glorie of man is as the flower of grasse. The grasse withereth, and the flower falleth away.
  • Ps 39:5-6 : 5 Beholde, thou hast made my dayes as an hand breadth, and mine age as nothing in respect of thee: surely euery man in his best state is altogether vanitie. Selah. 6 Doubtlesse man walketh in a shadowe, and disquieteth himselfe in vaine: he heapeth vp riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.
  • Ps 102:3-4 : 3 For my dayes are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burnt like an herthe. 4 Mine heart is smitten and withereth like grasse, because I forgate to eate my bread.