Psalms 144:4

4 They are like a breath; their days are like a fleeting shadow.

Psalms 144:4 in Other Translations

KJV
4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
ESV
4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
NLT
4 For they are like a breath of air; their days are like a passing shadow.
MSG
4 All we are is a puff of air; we're like shadows in a campfire.
CSB
4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.

Psalms 144:4 In-Context

2 He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
3 LORD, what are human beings that you care for them, mere mortals that you think of them?
4 They are like a breath; their days are like a fleeting shadow.
5 Part your heavens, LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, so that they smoke.
6 Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy; shoot your arrows and rout them.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Job 7:7; Job 27:3; Isaiah 2:22
  • 2. S 1 Chronicles 29:15; S Job 14:2; S James 4:14; Psalms 39:11; Psalms 102:11
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