My days are like an evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not.
I am gone like a shadow at evening; I am shaken off like a locust.
Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
for “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,
yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.
and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.
A voice says, “Cry!” And I said, “What shall I cry?” All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades when the breath of the Lord blows on it; surely the people are grass. The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain life, which he passes like a shadow? For who can tell man what will be after him under the sun?
For my days pass away like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace. My heart is struck down like grass and has withered; I forget to eat my bread.
Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!
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