Psalm 144:4

New International Reader's Version

Their lives don’t last any longer than a breath. Their days are like a shadow that quickly disappears.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:14

All of us must die. We are like water spilled on the ground. It can’t be put back into the jar. But that is not what God desires. Instead, he finds a way to bring back anyone who was driven away from him.

1 Chronicles 29:15

We are outsiders and strangers in your sight. So were all of our people who lived long ago. Our days on this earth are like a shadow. We don’t have any hope.

Job 4:19

So he’ll certainly find fault with human beings. After all, they are made out of dust. They can be crushed more easily than a moth.

Job 8:9

After all, we were born only yesterday. So we don’t know anything. Our days on this earth are like a shadow that disappears.

Psalm 102:11

The days of my life are like an evening shadow. I dry up like grass.

Psalm 109:23

I fade away like an evening shadow. I’m like a locust that someone brushes off.

Psalm 39:11

You correct and punish people for their sin. Then, just as a moth eats cloth, you destroy their wealth. No one lasts any longer than a breath.

Psalm 62:9

Surely ordinary people are only a breath. Important people are not what they seem to be. If they were weighed on a scale, they wouldn’t amount to anything. Together they are only a breath.

Psalm 89:47

Remember how short my life is. You have created all people for such a useless purpose!

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I’ve seen what is done on this earth. All of it is meaningless. It’s like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

“Meaningless! Everything is meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Everything is completely meaningless! Nothing has any meaning.”

Ecclesiastes 12:8

“Meaningless! Everything is meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Nothing has any meaning.”

Ecclesiastes 8:13

Sinful people don’t respect God. So things won’t go well with them. Like a shadow, they won’t be around very long.