Verse 1

Is ther not an appoynted time to man vpon earth? Are not his dayes also like the dayes of an hired seruaunt?

Referenced Verses

  • Job 14:5-6 : 5 The dayes of man surely are determined, the number of his monethes are knowen onely vnto thee, thou hast appoynted him his bondes which he can not go beyonde. 6 Go from him, that he may rest vntill his day come which he loketh for, lyke as an hireling doth.
  • Ps 39:4 : 4 O God make me to knowe mine ende, and the number of my dayes: that I may be certified howe long I haue to lyue.
  • Job 14:13-14 : 13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the graue, & keepe me secret vntyl thy wrath were past, and to appoynt me a time wherein thou mightest remember me. 14 May a dead man lyue againe? All the dayes of my lyfe wyll I wayte still, till my chaunging shall come.
  • Lev 25:50 : 50 And he shall recken with hym that bought hym, from the yere that he was solde in, vnto the yere of Iubilee: and the price of his beyng, shalbe accordyng vnto the number of yeres, according to the tyme of an hired seruaunt shall he be with hym.
  • Deut 15:18 : 18 And let it not greeue thine eye, when thou lettest him go out free fro thee, for he hath ben worth a double hired seruaunt to thee in his seruice sixe yeres: And the Lord thy God shall blesse thee in all that thou doest.
  • Job 5:7 : 7 But man is borne vnto labour, like as the sparkes flee vp out of the hot coles,
  • Eccl 8:8 : 8 Neither is there any man that hath power ouer the spirite to kepe styll the spirite, nor to haue any power in the tyme of death, nor that can make an ende of the battayle, neither may vngodlynesse deliuer them that meddle withall.
  • Isa 21:16 : 16 For thus hath the Lorde sayde vnto me: There is yet a yere, accordyng to the yeres of an hired seruaunt, and all the glorie of Cedar shall fayle.
  • Isa 38:5 : 5 Go and speake vnto Ezekia: The Lord God of Dauid thy father sendeth thee this worde, I haue hearde thy prayer, and considered thy teares: beholde I wyll put fifteene yeres mo vnto thy lyfe,
  • Isa 40:2 : 2 Comfort Hierusalem at the heart, and tell her, that her trauayle is at an ende, that her offence is pardoned, that she hath receaued at the Lordes hande sufficient correction for all her sinnes.
  • Matt 20:1-9 : 1 For the kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a man, that is an householder, whiche went out earlye in the mornyng to hire labourers into his vineyarde. 2 And he agreed with the labourers for a peny a day, & sent them into his vineyarde. 3 And he went out about the thirde houre, and sawe other standyng idle in the market place, 4 And saide vnto them: Go ye also into ye vineyard, & whatsoeuer is right, I wyl geue you. And they went their way. 5 Agayne, he went out about the sixth and nynth houre, and dyd lykewyse. 6 And about the eleuenth houre, he wet out, and founde other standyng idle, and saide vnto them: why stande ye here all the day idle? 7 They saye vnto him: because no man hath hyred vs. He sayth vnto them: go ye also into the vineyarde, and whatsoeuer is ryght, that shall ye receaue. 8 So, when euen was come, the lorde of the vineyard sayth vnto his steward: Call the labourers, and geue them their hire, beginning at ye last, vntyll the first. 9 And when they came, that were hired about the eleuenth houre, they receaued euery man a peny. 10 But when the firste came also, they supposed that they shoulde haue receaued more: and they lykewyse receaued euery man a peny. 11 And when they had receaued it, they murmured against the good man of the house, 12 Saying: These laste haue wrought but one houre, & thou hast made them equall vnto vs, whiche haue borne the burthen and heate of the day. 13 But he aunswered to one of the, & said: Frende, I do thee no wrong: dyddest thou not agree with me for a peny? 14 Take that thyne is, and go thy way: I wyll geue vnto this last, euen as vnto thee. 15 Is it not lawfull for me, to do that I wyll with myne owne? Is thyne eye euyll, because I am good?
  • John 11:9-9 : 9 Iesus aunswered: Are there not twelue houres of the day? If any man walke in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the lyght of this worlde. 10 But yf a man walke in the nyght, he stumbleth, because there is no lyght in hym.