Psalm 144:4

New English Translation

People are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:14

Certainly we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground that cannot be gathered up again. But God does not take away life; instead he devises ways for the banished to be restored.

1 Chronicles 29:15

For we are resident foreigners and nomads in your presence, like all our ancestors; our days are like a shadow on the earth, without security.

Job 4:19

how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth?

Job 8:9

For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.

Psalm 102:11

My days are coming to an end, and I am withered like grass.

Psalm 109:23

I am fading away like a shadow at the end of the day; I am shaken off like a locust.

Psalm 39:11

You severely discipline people for their sins; like a moth you slowly devour their strength. Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah)

Psalm 62:9

Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air.

Psalm 89:47

Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal?

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I reflected on everything that is accomplished by man on earth, and I concluded: Everything he has accomplished is futile – like chasing the wind!

Ecclesiastes 1:2

“Futile! Futile!” laments the Teacher, “Absolutely futile! Everything is futile!”

Ecclesiastes 12:8

“Absolutely futile!” laments the Teacher, “All of these things are futile!”

Ecclesiastes 8:13

But it will not go well with the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.