- of few days:
- Heb. short of days, "[Is there] not¹ an appointed timeª to manª upon¹ earth?ª [are not] his daysª also like the daysª of an hireling?ª" {Job 7:1} + "My daysª are swifterª° than¹ a weaver's shuttle,ª and are spentª° withoutª hope.ª" {Job 7:6} + "Now my daysª are swifterª° than¹ a post:ª° they flee away,ª° they seeª° no¹ good.ª" {Job 9:25} + "And Jacobª saidª° unto¹ Pharaoh,ª The daysª of the yearsª of my pilgrimageª [are] an hundredª and thirtyª years:ª fewª and evilª have the daysª of the yearsª of my lifeª been,¹ and have not¹ attained²° unto¹¹ the daysª of the yearsª of the lifeª of my fathersª in the daysª of their pilgrimage.ª" {Gen 47:9} + "Behold,¹ thou hast madeª° my daysª [as] an handbreadth;ª and mine ageª [is] as nothing¹ before¹ thee: verily¹ everyª manª at his best stateª° [is] altogetherª vanity.ª Selah.ª" {Psa 39:5}
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