Job 7:1

Geneva Bible (1560)

Is there not an appointed time to man vpon earth? and are not his dayes as the dayes of an hyreling?

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  • Job 14:5-6 : 5 Are not his dayes determined? the nober of his moneths are with thee: thou hast appointed his boundes, which he can not passe. 6 Turne from him that he may cease vntill his desired day, as an hyreling.
  • Ps 39:4 : 4 Lord, let me know mine ende, and the measure of my dayes, what it is: let mee knowe howe long I haue to liue.
  • Job 14:13-14 : 13 Oh that thou wouldest hide me in the graue, and keepe me secret, vntill thy wrath were past, and wouldest giue me terme, and remember me. 14 If a man die, shall he liue againe? All the dayes of mine appointed time will I waite, till my changing shall come.
  • Lev 25:50 : 50 Then he shall recken with his byer from the yeere that he was solde to him, vnto the yere of Iubile: and the money of his sale shalbe according to the number of yeeres: according to the time of an hyred seruant shall he be with him.
  • Deut 15:18 : 18 Let it not grieue thee, when thou lettest him goe out free from thee: for he hath serued thee sixe yeeres, which is the double worth of an hired seruant: and the Lorde thy God shall blesse thee in all that thou doest.
  • Job 5:7 : 7 But man is borne vnto trauaile, as the sparkes flie vpwarde.
  • Eccl 8:8 : 8 Man is not lorde ouer the spirit to retaine the spirite: neither hath hee power in the day of death, nor deliuerance in the battell, neither shall wickednesse deliuer the possessers thereof.
  • Isa 21:16 : 16 For thus hath the Lorde sayd vnto me, Yet a yeere according to the yeeres of an hireling, and all the glorie of Kedar shall faile.
  • Isa 38:5 : 5 Goe, and say vnto Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord God of Dauid thy father, I haue heard thy prayer, and seene thy teares: behold, I will adde vnto thy dayes fifteene yeeres.
  • Isa 40:2 : 2 Speake comfortably to Ierusalem, and crye vnto her, that her warrefare is accomplished, that her iniquitie is pardoned: for she hath receiued of the Lords hand double for all her sinnes.
  • Matt 20:1-9 : 1 For the kingdome of heauen is like vnto a certaine, housholder, which went out at the dawning of the day to hire labourers into his vineyarde. 2 And he agreed with the labourers for a peny a day, and sent them into his vineyard. 3 And he went out about the third houre, & sawe other standing idle in the market place, 4 And sayd vnto them, Goe ye also into my vineyard, and whatsoeuer is right, I will giue you: and they went their way. 5 Againe he went out about the sixt & ninth houre, and did likewise. 6 And he went about the eleuenth houre, and found other standing idle, & sayd vnto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? 7 They sayd vnto him, Because no man hath hired vs. He sayd to them, Goe ye also into my vineyard, and whatsoeuer is right, that shall ye receiue. 8 And when euen was come, the master of the vineyard sayd vnto his steward, Call the labourers, and giue them their hire, beginning at the last, till thou come to the first. 9 And they which were hired about ye eleuenth houre, came and receiued euery man a penie. 10 Nowe when the first came, they supposed that they should receiue more, but they likewise receiued euery man a penie. 11 And when they had receiued it, they murmured against the master of the house, 12 Saying, These last haue wrought but one houre, and thou hast made them equall vnto vs, which haue borne the burden & heate of the day. 13 And hee answered one of them, saying, Friend, I doe thee no wrong: didst thou not agree with me for a penie? 14 Take that which is thine owne, and go thy way: I will giue vnto this last, as much as to thee. 15 Is it not lawfull for me to do as I will with mine owne? Is thine eye euil, because I am good?
  • John 11:9-9 : 9 Iesus answered, Are there not twelue houres in the day? If a man walke in the day, hee stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. 10 But if a man walke in the night, hee stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 7:2-3
    2 verses
    84%

    2As a seruant longeth for the shadowe, and as an hyreling looketh for the ende of his worke,

    3So haue I had as an inheritance the moneths of vanitie, and painefull nights haue bene appointed vnto me.

  • Job 10:4-5
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    77%

    4Hast thou carnall eyes? Or doest thou see as man seeth?

    5Are thy dayes as mans dayes? Or thy yeres, as the time of man,

  • Job 7:16-18
    3 verses
    75%

    16I abhorre it, I shall not liue alway: spare me then, for my dayes are but vanitie.

    17What is man, that thou doest magnifie him, and that thou settest thine heart vpon him?

    18And doest visite him euery morning, and tryest him euery moment?

  • Job 14:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5Are not his dayes determined? the nober of his moneths are with thee: thou hast appointed his boundes, which he can not passe.

    6Turne from him that he may cease vntill his desired day, as an hyreling.

  • Ps 144:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3Lorde, what is man that thou regardest him! or the sonne of man that thou thinkest vpon him!

    4Man is like to vanitie: his dayes are like a shadow, that vanisheth.

  • Job 14:13-14
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    73%

    13Oh that thou wouldest hide me in the graue, and keepe me secret, vntill thy wrath were past, and wouldest giue me terme, and remember me.

    14If a man die, shall he liue againe? All the dayes of mine appointed time will I waite, till my changing shall come.

  • Eccl 7:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14(7:16) In the day of wealth be of good comfort, and in the day of affliction consider: God also hath made this contrary to that, to the intent that man shoulde finde nothing after him.

    15(7:17) I haue seene all things in the dayes of my vanitie: there is a iust man that perisheth in his iustice, and there is a wicked man that continueth long in his malice.

  • Job 7:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6My dayes are swifter then a weauers shittle, and they are spent without hope.

    7Remember that my life is but a wind, and that mine eye shall not returne to see pleasure.

  • Eccl 6:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6And if he had liued a thousand yeeres twise tolde, and had seene no good, shall not all goe to one place?

    7All the labour of man is for his mouth: yet the soule is not filled.

  • Ps 89:47
    72%

    47Remember of what time I am: wherefore shouldest thou create in vaine all the children of men?

  • Eccl 3:9
    72%

    9What profite hath hee that worketh of the thing wherein he trauaileth?

  • Job 14:1-3
    3 verses
    72%

    1Man that is borne of woman, is of short continuance, and full of trouble.

    2He shooteth foorth as a flowre, and is cut downe: he vanisheth also as a shadowe, and continueth not.

    3And yet thou openest thine eyes vpon such one, and causest me to enter into iudgement with thee.

  • Eccl 8:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6For to euery purpose there is a time and iudgement, because the miserie of man is great vpon him.

    7For he knoweth not that which shalbe: for who can tell him when it shalbe?

  • Eccl 1:3
    72%

    3What remaineth vnto man in all his trauaile, which he suffereth vnder ye sunne?

  • Eccl 6:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11(7:1) Svrely there be many things that increase vanitie: and what auaileth it man?

    12(7:2) For who knoweth what is good for man in the life and in the nomber of the dayes of the life of his vanitie, seeing he maketh them as a shadowe? For who can shewe vnto man what shall be after him vnder the sunne?

  • Job 24:1
    71%

    1Howe should not the times be hid from the Almightie, seeing that they which knowe him, see not his dayes?

  • Job 20:4
    70%

    4Knowest thou not this of olde? and since God placed man vpon the earth,

  • Deut 24:15
    70%

    15Thou shalt giue him his hire for his day, neither shall the sunne goe downe vpon it: for he is poore, and therewith susteineth his life: lest he crye against thee vnto the Lorde, and it be sinne vnto thee.

  • Eccl 4:8
    70%

    8There is one alone, & there is not a second, which hath neither sonne nor brother, yet is there none end of all his trauaile, neither can his eye be satisfied with riches: neither doeth he thinke, For whome doe I trauaile and defraude my soule of pleasure? this also is vanitie, and this is an euill trauaile.

  • Eccl 3:1
    70%

    1To all things there is an appointed time, and a time to euery purpose vnder the heauen.

  • Job 31:2
    70%

    2For what portion should I haue of God from aboue? and what inheritance of the Almightie from on hie?

  • Ps 39:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5Beholde, thou hast made my dayes as an hand breadth, and mine age as nothing in respect of thee: surely euery man in his best state is altogether vanitie. Selah.

    6Doubtlesse man walketh in a shadowe, and disquieteth himselfe in vaine: he heapeth vp riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.

  • Ps 103:15
    70%

    15The dayes of man are as grasse: as a flowre of the fielde, so florisheth he.

  • Job 10:20
    70%

    20Are not my dayes fewe? let him cease, and leaue off from me, that I may take a litle comfort,

  • Eccl 2:22-23
    2 verses
    69%

    22For what hath man of all his trauaile and griefe of his heart, wherein he hath trauailed vnder the sunne?

    23For all his dayes are sorowes, and his trauaile griefe: his heart also taketh not rest in the night: which also is vanitie.

  • Job 21:21
    69%

    21For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the nomber of his moneths is cut off?

  • Eccl 7:20
    69%

    20(7:22) Surely there is no man iust in the earth, that doeth good and sinneth not.

  • Eccl 11:8
    69%

    8Though a man liue many yeeres, and in them all he reioyce, yet hee shall remember the daies of darkenesse, because they are manie, all that commeth is vanitie.

  • Ps 104:23
    69%

    23Then goeth man forth to his worke, and to his labour vntill the euening.

  • Eccl 8:9
    69%

    9All this haue I seene, and haue giuen mine heart to euery worke, which is wrought vnder the sunne, and I sawe a time that man ruleth ouer man to his owne hurt.

  • 1 Chr 29:15
    69%

    15For we are stragers before thee, & soiourners, like all our fathers: our dayes are like ye shadowe vpon the earth, & there is none abiding.

  • Job 8:9
    69%

    9(For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant: for our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe)

  • Eccl 8:14
    69%

    14There is a vanitie, which is done vpon the earth, that there be righteous men to whom it commeth according to the worke of the wicked: and there be wicked men to whom it commeth according to the worke of the iust: I thought also that this is vanitie.

  • Eccl 5:16
    69%

    16(5:15) And this also is an euill sickenes that in all pointes as he came, so shall he goe, and what profit hath he that he hath traueiled for the winde?