Verse 6

My days pass more swiftly than a weaver's shuttle, and they come to an end without hope.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 9:25 : 25 My days are swifter than a runner; they flee away and do not see any good.
  • Job 17:15 : 15 then where is my hope? And who can see any hope for me?
  • Job 17:11 : 11 My days have passed, my plans are broken off, and the desires of my heart are gone.
  • Isa 38:12-13 : 12 My dwelling is pulled up and taken from me, like a shepherd's tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver rolls a cloth; He cuts me off from the loom. Day and night You bring me to an end. 13 I have calmed myself until morning; like a lion, He breaks all my bones. Day and night You bring me to an end.
  • 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 For, "All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls off,
  • Isa 40:6-7 : 6 A voice says, 'Cry out.' And I said, 'What shall I cry?' All people are like grass, and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field. 7 The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the Lord blows on them. Surely the people are like grass.
  • Jer 2:25 : 25 Keep your feet from going bare and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It’s hopeless! I love foreigners, and I will follow them.’
  • Eph 2:12 : 12 were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
  • Jas 1:11 : 11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat, and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. In the same way, the rich person will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
  • 1 Pet 1:13 : 13 Therefore, prepare your minds for action, be sober-minded, and set your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
  • Job 6:11 : 11 What is my strength, that I should hope? What is my end, that I should prolong my life?
  • Job 13:15 : 15 Though He slay me, yet I will hope in Him. Nevertheless, I will defend my ways before Him.
  • Job 16:22 : 22 For only a few years will come, and the path I take will never return.
  • Ps 90:5-6 : 5 You sweep them away like a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that springs up in the morning— 6 In the morning it flourishes and grows, but by evening it withers and dries up.
  • Ps 102:11 : 11 Because of your wrath and indignation, for you have lifted me up and thrown me aside.
  • Ps 103:15-16 : 15 As for man, his days are like grass, he blooms like a flower of the field. 16 The wind blows over it, and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.
  • Ps 144:4 : 4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
  • Prov 14:32 : 32 The wicked are brought down by their own evil, but the righteous take refuge when they die.