Strong's Lexicon Man אָ֭דָם (’ā·ḏām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 120: 1) man, mankind 1a) man, human being 1b) man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT) 1c) Adam, first man 1d) city in Jordan valley is like דָּמָ֑ה (dā·māh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1819: 1) to be like, resemble 1a) (Qal) to be like, resemble 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to liken, compare 1b2) to imagine, think 1c) (Hithpael) to make oneself like 1d) (Niphal) a breath; לַהֶ֣בֶל (la·he·ḇel) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1892: n m 1) vapour, breath 1a) breath, vapour 1b) vanity (fig.) adv 2) vainly his days יָ֝מָ֗יו (yā·māw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3117: 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow are like a passing עוֹבֵֽר׃ (‘ō·w·ḇêr) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5674: 1) to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pass over, cross, cross over, pass over, march over, overflow, go over 1a2) to pass beyond 1a3) to pass through, traverse 1a3a) passers-through (participle) 1a3b) to pass through (the parts of victim in covenant) 1a4) to pass along, pass by, overtake and pass, sweep by 1a4a) passer-by (participle) 1a4b) to be past, be over 1a5) to pass on, go on, pass on before, go in advance of, pass along, travel, advance 1a6) to pass away 1a6a) to emigrate, leave (one's territory) 1a6b) to vanish 1a6c) to perish, cease to exist 1a6d) to become invalid, become obsolete (of law, decree) 1a6e) to be alienated, pass into other hands 1b) (Niphal) to be crossed 1c) (Piel) to impregnate, cause to cross 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to pass over, cause to bring over, cause to cross over, make over to, dedicate, devote 1d2) to cause to pass through 1d3) to cause to pass by or beyond or under, let pass by 1d4) to cause to pass away, cause to take away 1e) (Hithpael) to pass over shadow. כְּצֵ֣ל (kə·ṣêl) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6738: 1) shadow, shade 1a) shadow (on dial) 1b) shadow, shade (as protection) 1c) shadow (symbolic of transitoriness of life) Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleMan is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. Young's Literal Translation Man to vanity hath been like, His days [are] as a shadow passing by. Holman Christian Standard Bible Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. New American Standard Bible Man is like a mere breath; His days are like a passing shadow. King James Bible Man is like to vanity: his days [are] as a shadow that passeth away. Parallel Verses New International Version They are like a breath; their days are like a fleeting shadow. New Living Translation For they are like a breath of air; their days are like a passing shadow. English Standard Version Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. New American Standard Bible Man is like a mere breath; His days are like a passing shadow. King James Bible Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. Holman Christian Standard Bible Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. International Standard Version The human person is a mere empty breath; his days are like a fading shadow. NET Bible People are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears. American Standard Version Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away. English Revised Version Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. Young's Literal Translation Man to vanity hath been like, His days are as a shadow passing by. Cross References 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. Job 8:9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) Job 11:12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt. Job 14:2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. Psalm 39:5 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. Psalm 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. Psalm 102:11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. Psalm 109:23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. Ecclesiastes 1:2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. Isaiah 2:22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of? Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 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