Job 9:25
“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They vanish, they see no good.
Job 7:6-7
“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And are spent without hope.
Esther 8:14
So the couriers, who were mounted on the royal relay horses, left quickly, urged on by the king’s command; and the decree was issued at the citadel in Susa [the capital].
Psalm 39:5
“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]!
Psalm 39:11
“With rebukes You discipline man for sin;
You consume like a moth what is precious to him;
Surely every man is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]. Selah.
Psalm 89:47
Remember how fleeting my lifetime is;
For what vanity, [for what emptiness, for what futility, for what wisp of smoke] You have created all the sons of men!
Psalm 90:9-10
For all our days pass away in Your wrath;
We have finished our years like a whispered sigh.
James 4:14
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Swifter
They flee away
Bible References
Swifter
“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And are spent without hope.
They flee away
“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]!
Remember how fleeting my lifetime is;
For what vanity, [for what emptiness, for what futility, for what wisp of smoke] You have created all the sons of men!
For all our days pass away in Your wrath;
We have finished our years like a whispered sigh.