25 The life of a man is counted by days. The days of Israel are innumerable. (WEB)
Sirach 37:25
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8 What is mankind, and what purpose do they serve? What is their good, and what is their evil? (WEB) 9 The number of man’s days at the most are a hundred years. (WEB) 10 As a drop of water from the sea, and a pebble from the sand, so are a few years in the day of eternity. (WEB)
Psalms of Solomon 17:1–3
1 O Lord, Thou art our King for ever and ever, For in Thee, O God, doth our soul glory. (PSS) 2 How long are the days of man's life upon the earth? As are his days, so is the hope set upon him. (PSS) 3 But we hope in God, our deliverer; (PSS)
4 Maccabees 18:18–20
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Psalms 144:3–5
3 O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him? 4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. 5 Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
Book of Jubilees 19:21–23
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Job 14:4–6
4 Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one! 5 Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed, 6 look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.
Job 10:4–6
4 Do You have eyes of flesh? Do You see as man sees? 5 Are Your days like those of a mortal, or Your years like those of a man, 6 that You should seek my iniquity and search out my sin—
Psalms 39:4–6
4 “Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is. 5 You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah 6 Surely every man goes about…
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