As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, And its place remembers it no more.

אֱ֭נֹושׁ כֶּחָצִ֣יר יָמָ֑יו כְּצִ֥יץ הַ֝שָּׂדֶ֗ה כֵּ֣ן יָצִֽיץ׃
כִּ֤י ר֣וּחַ עָֽבְרָה־בֹּ֣ו וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ וְלֹא־יַכִּירֶ֖נּוּ עֹ֣וד מְקֹומֹֽו׃

Psalm 103:15-16

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Ephemeral nature of life Shortness of life The human condition

Source

Psalms The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Hebrew

Time

450 BC 450s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Psalm 103:15-16).

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Statement Type
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Hebrew
Time
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Era
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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Chronicles 16:34).

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I am ashes where once I was fire.

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Lord Byron
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To the Countess of Blessington
Medium
Poem
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Language
English
Time
1824 1820s 19th century
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