Verse 20

Are not my days{H3117} few{H4592}? cease{H2308}{(H8798)}{(H8675)}{H2308}{(H8799)} then, and let me alone{H7896}{(H8798)}{(H8675)}{H7896}{(H8799)}, that I may take comfort{H1082}{(H8686)} a little{H4592},

Referenced Verses

  • Job 14:1 : 1 Man{H120} that is born{H3205}{(H8803)} of a woman{H802} is of few{H7116} days{H3117}, and full{H7649} of trouble{H7267}.
  • Ps 39:13 : 13 O spare{H8159}{(H8685)} me, that I may recover strength{H1082}{H8686)}, before I go hence{H3212}{H8799)}, and be no more.
  • Ps 103:15-16 : 15 As for man{H582}, his days{H3117} are as grass{H2682}: as a flower{H6731} of the field{H7704}, so he flourisheth{H6692}{(H8686)}. 16 For the wind{H7307} passeth over{H5674}{(H8804)} it, and it is gone; and the place{H4725} thereof shall know{H5234}{(H8686)} it no more.
  • Ps 39:5 : 5 Behold, thou hast made{H5414}{(H8804)} my days{H3117} as an handbreadth{H2947}; and mine age{H2465} is as nothing before thee: verily every{H3605} man{H120} at his best state{H5324}{H8737)} is altogether{H3605} vanity{H1892}. Selah{H5542}.
  • Job 7:6-7 : 6 My days{H3117} are swifter{H7043}{(H8804)} than a weaver's shuttle{H708}, and are spent{H3615}{(H8799)} without{H657} hope{H8615}. 7 O remember{H2142}{(H8798)} that my life{H2416} is wind{H7307}: mine eye{H5869} shall no more{H7725}{(H8799)} see{H7200}{(H8800)} good{H2896}.
  • Job 7:16-21 : 16 I loathe{H3988}{(H8804)} it; I would not live{H2421}{(H8799)} alway{H5769}: let me alone{H2308}{(H8798)}; for my days{H3117} are vanity{H1892}. 17 What is man{H582}, that thou shouldest magnify{H1431}{(H8762)} him? and that thou shouldest set{H7896}{(H8799)} thine heart{H3820} upon him? 18 And that thou shouldest visit{H6485}{(H8799)} him every morning{H1242}, and try{H974}{(H8799)} him every moment{H7281}? 19 How long{H4100} wilt thou not depart{H8159}{(H8799)} from me, nor let me alone{H7503}{(H8686)} till I swallow down{H1104}{(H8800)} my spittle{H7536}? 20 I have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)}; what shall I do{H6466}{(H8799)} unto thee, O thou preserver{H5341}{(H8802)} of men{H120}? why hast thou set{H7760}{(H8804)} me as a mark{H4645} against thee, so that I am a burden{H4853} to myself? 21 And why dost thou not pardon{H5375}{(H8799)} my transgression{H6588}, and take away{H5674}{(H8686)} mine iniquity{H5771}? for now shall I sleep{H7901}{(H8799)} in the dust{H6083}; and thou shalt seek me in the morning{H7836}{(H8765)}, but I shall not be.
  • Job 8:9 : 9 (For we are but of yesterday{H8543}, and know{H3045}{(H8799)} nothing, because our days{H3117} upon earth{H776} are a shadow{H6738}:)
  • Job 9:25-26 : 25 Now my days{H3117} are swifter{H7043}{(H8804)} than a post{H7323}{(H8801)}: they flee away{H1272}{(H8804)}, they see{H7200}{(H8804)} no good{H2896}. 26 They are passed away{H2498}{(H8804)} as{H5973} the swift{H16} ships{H591}: as the eagle{H5404} that hasteth{H2907}{(H8799)} to the prey{H400}.
  • Job 13:21 : 21 Withdraw{H7368} thine hand{H3709} far{H7368}{(H8685)} from me: and let not thy dread{H367} make me afraid{H1204}{(H8762)}.