Job 4:19
19how much more those who dwell in houses of aclay,whose foundation is in bthe dust,
who are crushed like cthe moth.
Job 14:1-3
Job Continues: Death Comes Soon to All
1 “Man who is dborn of a womanis efew of days and ffull of trouble.
2He comes out like ga flower and hwithers;
he flees like ia shadow and continues not.
3And do you jopen your eyes on such a one
and kbring me into judgment with you?
Psalms 39:5-6
5Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths,and lmy lifetime is as nothing before you.
Surely mall mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah
6Surely a man ngoes about as a shadow!
Surely for nothing ▼
▼Hebrew Surely as a breath
they are in turmoil;man pheaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!
Psalms 62:9
9 qThose of low estate are but a breath;those of high estate rare a delusion;
in the balances they go up;
sthey are together lighter than a breath.
Psalms 89:47
47 tRemember uhow short my vtime is!For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
Ecclesiastes 1:2
2 wVanity ▼▼The Hebrew term hebel, translated vanity or vain, refers concretely to a “mist,” “vapor,” or “mere breath,” and metaphorically to something that is fleeting or elusive (with different nuances depending on the context). It appears five times in this verse and in 29 other verses in Ecclesiastes
of vanities, says ythe Preacher,zvanity of vanities! aaAll is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 1:14
14I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is abvanity ▼▼The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)
and a striving after wind. ▼▼Or a feeding on wind; compare Hosea 12:1 (also in Ecclesiastes 1:17; 2:11, 17, 26; 4:4, 6, 16; 6:9)
Ecclesiastes 12:8
8 aeVanity ▼▼The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (three times in this verse); see note on 1:2
of vanities, says agthe Preacher; all is vanity.
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