Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away.
KJV
Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
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Man is like to vanity,.... Is vanity itself, in every age, state, and condition; yea, in his best estate,
Psa 39:5
; or, "to the breath" (h) of the mouth, as Kimchi; which is gone as soon as seen almost: or, to a vapour (i); to which the life of man is compared,
Jam 4:14
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his days are as a shadow that passeth away; as the former denotes the frailty and mortality of man, this the shortness of his duration; his days fleeing away, and of no more continuance than the shadow cast by the sun, which presently declines and is gone.
(h) "halitui", Muis; so Kimchi. (i) "Vapori", Cocceius; so the Syriac and Arabic versions.
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