Psalms 104:23

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Men then go out to do their work, and labor away until evening.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 3:19 : 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return.”
  • Judg 19:16 : 16 But then an old man passed by, returning at the end of the day from his work in the field. The man was from the Ephraimite hill country; he was living temporarily in Gibeah.(The residents of the town were Benjaminites.)
  • Eccl 5:12 : 12 The sleep of the laborer is pleasant– whether he eats little or much– but the wealth of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
  • Eph 4:28 : 28 The one who steals must steal no longer; instead he must labor, doing good with his own hands, so that he will have something to share with the one who has need.
  • 2 Thess 3:8-9 : 8 and we did not eat anyone’s food without paying. Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked night and day in order not to burden any of you. 9 It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate. 10 For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command:“If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.” 11 For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life, not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others. 12 Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat.

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  • Ps 104:22
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    22When the sun rises, they withdraw and sleep in their dens.

  • Ps 104:24
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    24How many living things you have made, O LORD! You have exhibited great skill in making all of them; the earth is full of the living things you have made.

  • Eccl 1:5
    74%

    5The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries away to a place from which it rises again.

  • Eccl 2:20-24
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    20So I began to despair about all the fruit of my labor for which I worked so hard on earth.

    21For a man may do his work with wisdom, knowledge, and skill; however, he must hand over the fruit of his labor as an inheritance to someone else who did not work for it. This also is futile, and an awful injustice!

    22Painful Days and Restless Nights What does a man acquire from all his labor and from the anxiety that accompanies his toil on earth?

    23For all day long his work produces pain and frustration, and even at night his mind cannot relax! This also is futile!

    24Enjoy Work and its Benefits There is nothing better for people than to eat and drink, and to find enjoyment in their work. I also perceived that this ability to find enjoyment comes from God.

  • Ps 104:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19He made the moon to mark the months, and the sun sets according to a regular schedule.

    20You make it dark and night comes, during which all the beasts of the forest prowl around.

  • Eccl 1:3
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    3Futility Illustrated from Nature What benefit do people get from all the effort which they expend on earth?

  • Eccl 3:9-11
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    9Man is Ignorant of God’s Timing What benefit can a worker gain from his toil?

    10I have observed the burden that God has given to people to keep them occupied.

    11God has made everything fit beautifully in its appropriate time, but he has also placed ignorance in the human heart so that people cannot discover what God has ordained, from the beginning to the end of their lives.

  • Ps 144:4
    70%

    4People are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears.

  • Eccl 5:15-18
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    15Just as he came forth from his mother’s womb, naked will he return as he came, and he will take nothing in his hand that he may carry away from his toil.

    16This is another misfortune: Just as he came, so will he go. What did he gain from toiling for the wind?

    17Surely, he ate in darkness every day of his life, and he suffered greatly with sickness and anger.

    18Enjoy the Fruit of Your Labor I have seen personally what is the only beneficial and appropriate course of action for people: to eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all their hard work on earth during the few days of their life which God has given them, for this is their reward.

  • Eccl 6:7
    69%

    7All of man’s labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach– yet his appetite is never satisfied!

  • Eccl 8:16-17
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    16Limitations of Human Wisdom When I tried to gain wisdom and to observe the activity on earth– even though it prevents anyone from sleeping day or night–

    17then I discerned all that God has done: No one really comprehends what happens on earth. Despite all human efforts to discover it, no one can ever grasp it. Even if a wise person claimed that he understood, he would not really comprehend it.

  • Eccl 4:4
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    4Labor Motivated by Envy Then I considered all the skillful work that is done: Surely it is nothing more than competition between one person and another. This also is profitless– like chasing the wind.

  • Ps 127:2
    69%

    2It is vain for you to rise early, come home late, and work so hard for your food. Yes, he provides for those whom he loves even when they sleep.

  • Eccl 3:20-22
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    69%

    20Both go to the same place, both come from the dust, and to dust both return.

    21Who really knows if the human spirit ascends upward, and the animal’s spirit descends into the earth?

    22So I perceived there is nothing better than for people to enjoy their work, because that is their reward; for who can show them what the future holds?

  • Prov 24:27
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    27Establish your work outside and get your fields ready; afterward build your house.

  • Job 37:8
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    8The wild animals go to their lairs, and in their dens they remain.

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    10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.

  • Gen 3:19
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    19By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return.”

  • Job 7:1
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    1The Brevity of Life“Does not humanity have hard service on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man?

  • Ps 103:15
    69%

    15A person’s life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes,

  • Job 33:29
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    29Elihu’s Appeal to Job“Indeed, God does all these things, twice, three times, in his dealings with a person,

  • Eccl 11:6
    69%

    6Sow your seed in the morning, and do not stop working until the evening; for you do not know which activity will succeed– whether this one or that one, or whether both will prosper equally.

  • Job 14:6
    68%

    6Look away from him and let him desist, until he fulfills his time like a hired man.

  • Prov 20:24
    68%

    24The steps of a person are ordained by the LORD– so how can anyone understand his own way?

  • Ps 104:27
    68%

    27All of your creatures wait for you to provide them with food on a regular basis.

  • Job 15:23
    68%

    23he wanders about– food for vultures; he knows that the day of darkness is at hand.

  • Eccl 3:13
    68%

    13and also that everyone should eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all his toil, for these things are a gift from God.

  • Ps 90:6
    68%

    6in the morning it glistens and sprouts up; at evening time it withers and dries up.

  • Eccl 2:11
    68%

    11Yet when I reflected on everything I had accomplished and on all the effort that I had expended to accomplish it, I concluded:“All these achievements and possessions are ultimately profitless– like chasing the wind! There is nothing gained from them on earth.”

  • Job 14:12
    68%

    12so man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor arise from their sleep.

  • Job 34:15
    68%

    15all flesh would perish together and human beings would return to dust.

  • Job 24:5
    68%

    5Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, they go out to their labor seeking diligently for food; the arid rift valley provides food for them and for their children.

  • Ps 128:2
    68%

    2You will eat what you worked so hard to grow. You will be blessed and secure.

  • Exod 20:9
    68%

    9For six days you may labor and do all your work,

  • John 9:4
    68%

    4We must perform the deeds of the one who sent me as long as it is daytime. Night is coming when no one can work.

  • Job 14:2
    67%

    2He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.

  • Gen 3:23
    67%

    23So the LORD God expelled him from the orchard in Eden to cultivate the ground from which he had been taken.