Psalms 109:23
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
I am gone like the shadow, when it declineth: I am tossed vp and downe as the locust.
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- Exodus 10:19Rank 1 from verse 23
19And the Lord turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.
19And the LORD turned a mighty strong West wind, which tooke away the locusts, and †cast them into the red sea: there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.
- 1 Chronicles 29:15Rank 2 from verse 23
- Psalms 102:10–11Rank 4 from verse 23
10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
11My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me vp, and cast me downe.
11*My dayes are like a shadow, that declineth: & I am withered like grasse.
- Ecclesiastes 6:12Rank 5 from verse 23
12For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
12†*For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the dayes of his vaine life, which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shal be after him vnder the sunne?
- Ecclesiastes 8:13Rank 6 from verse 23
- Exodus 10:13Rank 7 from verse 23
13And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
13And Moses stretched forth his rod ouer the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an East wind vpon the land all that day, and all that night: and when it was morning, the East wind brought the locusts.
- James 4:14Rank 8 from verse 23
14Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
14Whereas yee know not what shalbe on the morow: *for what is your life? ‖It is euen a vapour that appeareth for a litle time, and then vanisheth away.
- Psalms 144:4Rank 9 from verse 23
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Psalms 109:23
Departed, went away, passed, or advanced to another place or condition.
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Sense 1: Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely. Sense 2: A like person or thing; an equal or counterpart. Sense 3: To please, choose, or regard with favour.
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1. A darkened shape or shade cast by intercepted light. 2. Shelter or protection. 3. A fleeting trace or likeness. 4. A preliminary outline, type, or representation of a fuller reality.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of toss, meaning to throw or move violently to and fro.
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From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
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A large grasshopper-like insect that travels in swarms.
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22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
22For I am poore and needie: and my heart is wounded within me.
23I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
23I am gone like the shadow, when it declineth: I am tossed vp and downe as the locust.
Selected passage24My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
24My knees are weake through fasting: and my flesh faileth of fatnesse.