Verse 20

Are not my days few? Leave me alone, so I may have a moment of relief.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 14:1 : 1 Man, born of a woman, is short-lived and full of trouble.
  • Ps 39:13 : 13 Hear my prayer, LORD, and give ear to my cry; do not be silent to my tears, for I am a sojourner with You, a temporary resident like all my fathers.
  • Ps 103:15-16 : 15 As for man, his days are like grass, he blooms like a flower of the field. 16 The wind blows over it, and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.
  • Ps 39:5 : 5 LORD, let me know my end and the number of my days, so I may understand how fleeting my life is.
  • Job 7:6-7 : 6 My days pass more swiftly than a weaver's shuttle, and they come to an end without hope. 7 Remember that my life is but a breath; my eyes will never see good again.
  • Job 7:16-21 : 16 I despise my life; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath. 17 What is mankind that you make so much of them, that you give them so much attention, 18 that you examine them every morning and test them every moment? 19 Will you never look away from me or leave me alone till I swallow my spit? 20 If I have sinned, what have I done to you, you who see everything we do? Why have you made me your target? Have I become a burden to you? 21 Why do you not pardon my offenses and forgive my sins? For I will soon lie down in the dust; you will search for me, but I will be no more.
  • Job 8:9 : 9 for we were only born yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow.
  • Job 9:25-26 : 25 My days are swifter than a runner; they flee away and do not see any good. 26 They pass by like reed boats, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
  • Job 13:21 : 21 Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.