• nickiwest@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    There are multiple references to this in the Bible. This is the most uplifting one I found.

    Psalm 90

    10 Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

    11 If only we knew the power of your anger! Your wrath is as great as the fear that is your due.

    12 Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

    13 Relent, LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on your servants.

    14 Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

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      6 months ago

      You think a person who doesn’t speak English has read the Bible in English?

      What’s the literal meaning of the words?

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        2 days ago

        sorry to revive a dead thread but this was bothering me.

        your days are numbered = /literally/ means not just that your life is finite, but the length of you time remaining is basically known, it has a number, a non-negative integer.