For all flesh {is} as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: {For: or, For that}

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. {at...: Heb. settled}

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. {like...: or, (as some read) into smoke}

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

Man {that is} born of a woman {is} of few days, and full of trouble. {few...: Heb. short of days}

Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are {as} a sleep: in the morning {they are} like grass {which} groweth up. {groweth...: or, is changed}

Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day {even} to night wilt thou make an end of me. {with...: or, from the thrum}

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

For all flesh {is} as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: {For: or, For that}

The days of our years {are} threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength {they be} fourscore years, yet {is} their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. {The days...: Heb. As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years}

Cease ye from man, whose breath {is} in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

O remember that my life {is} wind: mine eye shall no more see good. {shall...: Heb. shall not return} {see: to see, that is, to enjoy}

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

For who knoweth what {is} good for man in {this} life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? {all...: Heb. the number of the days of the life of his vanity}

But God said unto him, {Thou} fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? {thy...: Gr. do they require thy soul}

For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. {like...: or, (as some read) into smoke}

Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up {riches}, and knoweth not who shall gather them. {a vain...: Heb. an image}

And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:

For he remembered that they {were but} flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

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. {at...: Heb. settled}

And they that use this world, as not abusing {it}: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:

For we {are} strangers before thee, and sojourners, as {were} all our fathers: our days on the earth {are} as a shadow, and {there is} none abiding. {abiding: Heb. expectation}

Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage {are} an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

My days {are} like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem? {How...: Heb. How many days are the years of my life}

I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

And he said, To morrow. And he said, {Be it} according to thy word: that thou mayest know that {there is} none like unto the LORD our God. {To morrow: or, Against to morrow}

Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day {even} to night wilt thou make an end of me. {with...: or, from the thrum}

But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong {his} days, {which are} as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.