Elisha ¹  said to him, “Go in peace.” When he had gone a short distance, ² 

You have cut short his youth, ¹  and have covered him with shame. (Selah)

“For a short time I abandoned ¹  you, but with great compassion I will gather you.

the eagle owl, ¹  the short-eared owl, the long-eared owl, the hawk of any kind,

He has taken away my strength in the middle of life; ¹  he has cut short my days.

For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap around oneself. ¹ 

In just a very short time ¹  Lebanon will turn into an orchard, and the orchard will be considered a forest. ² 

For a short time your special ¹  nation possessed a land, ²  but then our adversaries knocked down ³  your holy sanctuary.

the people of Dedan, Tema, Buz, ¹  all the desert people who cut their hair short at the temples; ² 

I will cross the Jordan with the king and go a short distance. ¹  Why should the king reward me in this way?

“I, I am the one who consoles you. ¹  Why are you afraid of mortal men, of mere human beings who are as short-lived as grass? ² 

Have you not copied their behavior ¹  and practiced their abominable deeds? In a short time ²  you became even more depraved in all your conduct than they were!

He will restore ¹  us in a very short time; ²  he will heal us in a little while, ³  so that we may live in his presence.

Their residents are powerless, ¹  they are terrified and ashamed. They are as short-lived as plants in the field, or green vegetation. ²  They are as short-lived as grass on the rooftops ³  when it is scorched by the east wind. ⁴ 

Their residents are powerless; ¹  they are terrified and ashamed. They are as short-lived as plants in the field or green vegetation. ²  They are as short-lived as grass on the rooftops ³  when it is scorched by the east wind. ⁴ 

She asked, ¹  ‘May I follow the harvesters and gather ²  grain among the bundles?’ ³  Since she arrived she has been working hard ⁴  from this morning until now ⁵  – except for ⁶  sitting ⁷  in the resting hut ⁸  a short time.” ⁹ 

Look, you make my days short-lived, ¹  and my life span is nothing from your perspective. ²  Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor. ³ 

When David had gone a short way beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a couple of donkeys that were saddled, and on them were two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred raisin cakes, a hundred baskets of summer fruit, ¹  and a container of wine.

That is, I will punish the Egyptians, the Judeans, the Edomites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, and all the desert people who cut their hair short at the temples. ¹  I will do so because none of the people of those nations are really circumcised in the Lord’s sight. ²  Moreover, none of the people of Israel ³  are circumcised when it comes to their hearts.” ⁴ 

Their camels will be taken as plunder. Their vast herds will be taken as spoil. I will scatter to the four winds those desert peoples who cut their hair short at the temples. ¹  I will bring disaster against them from every direction,” says the Lord. ²