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Psalms 144:4 Cross-References
Explore 16 cross-references for Psalms 144:4 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Psalms chapter 144 verse 4 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.”
Psalms 144:4 (KJV)
Commentary on Psalms 144:4
Man is like to vanity (אָדָם לַהֶבֶל דָּמָה)—Hevel (breath, vapor, vanity) is Ecclesiastes's key word for life's transience. Damah (is like, resembles) compares human existence to morning mist. His days are as a shadow that passeth away (yamav ketzel over)—shadows fleeting across the ground, here then gone, insubstantial and ephemeral.This stark realism balances v. 3's wonder. Humanity is simultaneously significant (God knows us) and insignificant (we are vapor). This paradox pervades Scripture: made in God's image yet formed from dust (Genesis 2:7), crowned with glory yet mortal (Psalm 8:5), ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Psalms 144:4
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“My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.”
“and know nothing”
“I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.”
“you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath. Selah.,Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah., הִנֵּה טְפָחוֹת נָתַתָּה יָמַי וְחֶלְדִּי כְאַיִן נֶגְדֶּךָ אַךְ כָּל־הֶבֶל כָּל־אָדָם נִצָּב סֶלָה׃ ,Behold, Thou hast made my days as hand-breadths; And mine age is as nothing before Thee; Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah,38:6 ἰδοὺ παλαιστὰς ἔθου τὰς ἡμέρας μου καὶ ἡ ὑπόστασίς μου ὡσεὶ οὐθὲν ἐνώπιόν σου πλὴν τὰ σύμπαντα ματαιότης πᾶς ἄνθρωπος ζῶν διάψαλμα,38:5 Behold, thou hast made my days old; and my existence is as nothing before thee: nay, every man living is altogether vanity. Pause.,,,,”
“says the Preacher. All is vanity!”
“and are as water split on the ground”
“his days are like grass. As a flower of the field”
“Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?”
“Vanity of vanities”