Verse 47

Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal?

Referenced Verses

• Job 7:7 : 7 Remember that my life is but a breath, that my eyes will never again see happiness.
• Job 10:9 : 9 Remember that you have made me as with the clay; will you return me to dust?
• Job 14:1 : 1 The Brevity of Life“Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble.
• Ps 39:5-6 : 5 Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.(Selah) 6 Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. Surely they accumulate worthless wealth without knowing who will eventually haul it away.”
• Ps 119:84 : 84 How long must your servant endure this? When will you judge those who pursue me?
• Ps 144:4 : 4 People are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears.
• Jas 4:14 : 14 You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.
• Job 9:25-26 : 25 Renewed Complaint“My days are swifter than a runner, they speed by without seeing happiness. 26 They glide by like reed boats, like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.