Psa 103:16, Jam 4:14 | JFB | STEP | 15-16. So short and frail is life that a breath may destroy it. it is gone-- literally, "it is not." know it no more-- no more recognize him ( ; ).

‏ Psalms 103:16

15-16. So short and frail is life that a breath may destroy it.

it is gone--literally, "it is not."

know it no more--no more recognize him (Psa 90:6; Is 40:6-8).

‏ James 4:14

14. what--literally, "of what nature" is your life? that is, how evanescent it is.

It is even--Some oldest authorities read, "For ye are." Bengel, with other old authorities, reads, "For it shall be," the future referring to the "morrow" (Jas 4:13-15). The former expresses, "Ye yourselves are transitory"; so everything of yours, even your life, must partake of the same transitoriness. Received text has no old authority.

and then vanisheth away--"afterwards vanishing as it came"; literally, "afterwards (as it appeared), so vanishing" [Alford].