Verse 20

Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

Referenced Verses

• Job 14:1 : 1 The Brevity of Life“Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble.
• Ps 39:13 : 13 Turn your angry gaze away from me, so I can be happy before I pass away.
• Ps 103:15-16 : 15 A person’s life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes, 16 but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.
• Ps 39:5 : 5 Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.(Selah)
• Job 7:6-7 : 6 My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle and they come to an end without hope. 7 Remember that my life is but a breath, that my eyes will never again see happiness.
• Job 7:16-21 : 16 I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor! 17 Insignificance of Humans“What is mankind that you make so much of them, and that you pay attention to them? 18 And that you visit them every morning, and try them every moment? 19 Will you never look away from me, will you not let me alone long enough to swallow my spittle? 20 If I have sinned– what have I done to you, O watcher of men? Why have you set me as your target? Have I become a burden to you? 21 And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone.”
• Job 8:9 : 9 For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.
• Job 9:25-26 : 25 Renewed Complaint“My days are swifter than a runner, they speed by without seeing happiness. 26 They glide by like reed boats, like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.
• Job 13:21 : 21 Remove your hand far from me and stop making me afraid with your terror.