Psalms 39:5
Psalms · Old Testament · Chapter 39
“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.”Psalms 39:5
What Does Psalms 39:5 Mean?
Psalms 39:5 is found in the book of Psalms, chapter 39, verse 5 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Psalms 39:5 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
James 4:14“Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.”Psalms 90:4“For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.”Psalms 62:9“Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.”Ecclesiastes 1:2“Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.”Job 14:1“Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.”Psalms 89:47“Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?”Psalms 144:4“Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.”Psalms 90:9“For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.”Matthew 6:27“Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?”Ecclesiastes 2:11“Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.”Psalms 39:11“When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.”Psalms 49:12“Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.”Genesis 47:9“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.”Ecclesiastes 6:12“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?”Ecclesiastes 11:10“Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.”Job 7:6“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.”Job 8:9“(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)”Job 9:25“Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.”Psalms 127:2“It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.”Ecclesiastes 9:9“Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.”
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