Psa 39:5, Pro 22:15, Ecc 1:2, 14 | ESV | STEP | Behold , you have made my days a few handbreadths , and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath ! Selah

a Ps. 89:47; 90:4

b ver. 11; [Job 14:2]

cSee ch. 13:24

d ch. 12:8

f[See ver. 1 above]

g ch. 12:8

h[Rom. 8:20]

i ver. 2; ch. 2:11, 17, 26; 4:4; 6:9

Psalms 39:5

5 Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths,
and ^amy lifetime is as nothing before you.
Surely ^ball mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah

Proverbs 22:15

15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but ^cthe rod of discipline drives it far from him.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

2 ^dVanity ^{▼▼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 ^fthe Preacher,
^gvanity of vanities! ^hAll is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

14 I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is ⁱvanity ^{▼▼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)}