Verse 4
Man is like to vanity ,.... Is vanity itself, in every age, state, and condition; yea, in his best estate, Psalm 39:5 ; or, "to the breath" F8 להבל "halitui", Muis; so Kimchi. of the mouth, as Kimchi; which is gone as soon as seen almost: or, to a vapour F9 "Vapori", Cocceius; so the Syriac and Arabic versions. ; to which the life of man is compared, James 4:14 ;
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.
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