Psalm 144:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

We disappear like a breath; we last no longer than a faint shadow.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:14

We each must die and disappear like water poured out on the ground. But God doesn't take our lives. Instead, he finds ways of bringing us back when we run away.

1 Chronicles 29:15

We are only foreigners living here on earth for a while, just as our ancestors were. And we will soon be gone, like a shadow that suddenly disappears.

Job 4:19

Humans are formed from clay and are fragile as moths, so what chance do you have?

Job 8:9

Our own time has been short, like a fading shadow, and we know very little.

Psalm 102:11

My life fades like a shadow at the end of day and withers like grass.

Psalm 109:23

I am fading away like an evening shadow; I am tossed aside like a crawling insect.

Psalm 39:11

You punish us severely because of our sins. Like a moth, you destroy what we treasure most. We are as frail as a breath.

Psalm 62:9

We humans are only a breath; none of us are truly great. All of us together weigh less than a puff of air.

Psalm 89:47

Remember, life is short! Why did you empty our lives of all meaning?

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen it all, and everything is just as senseless as chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Nothing makes sense! Everything is nonsense. I have seen it all— nothing makes sense!

Ecclesiastes 12:8

Nothing makes sense. I have seen it all— nothing makes sense.

Ecclesiastes 8:13

but no one who sins and rejects God will prosper or live very long.