~ a short time ~ , 52_1TH_02_17  But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire. #, 66_REV_12_12  Therefore rejoice, [ye] heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. #, 
~ come short of ~ , 45_ROM_03_23  For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; #, 58_HEB_04_01  Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left [us] of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. #,