Psalms 144:4
Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
*Man is like to vanity: his dayes are as a shadow that passeth away.
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- *Cross-referencePsal.39.6. iob 14.2.
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5Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
6Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
5†*Behold, thou hast made my dayes as an hand breadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily euery man at his best state is altogether vanitie. Selah.
6†Surely euery man walketh in a vaine shew: surely they are disquieted in vaine: he heapeth vp riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
- 2 Samuel 14:14Rank 5 from verse 4
14For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.
14For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot bee gathered vp againe: ‖neither doeth God respect any person, yet doeth he deuise meanes, that his banished bee not expelled from him.
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1MAN that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
1¶ Man that is borne of a woman, is †of few dayes, and full of trouble.
2*Hee commeth forth like a flower, and is cut downe: he fleeth also, as a shaddow and continueth not.
3And doest thou open thine eies vpon such an one, and bringest me into iudgment with thee?
- Psalms 103:15–16Rank 12 from verse 4
15As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
16For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
15 As for man, his dayes are as grasse: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
16†For the winde passeth ouer it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
- Psalms 39:11Rank 13 from verse 4
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Psalms 144:4
1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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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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Emptiness, futility, worthlessness, falsehood, unreliability, or transience.
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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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Third-person singular present form of pass, meaning to go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.
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3Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
3* LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him? or the sonne of man, that thou makest account of him?
4Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
4*Man is like to vanity: his dayes are as a shadow that passeth away.
Selected passage5Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
5Bow thy heauens, O LORD, and come downe: touch the mountaines, and they shall smoke.