1 Job entreats God for favour, by the shortness of life, and certainty of death
7 He waits for his change
16 By sin the creature is subject to corruption

born 15:14 25:4 Ps 51:5 Mt 11:11

of few days. Heb. short of days 7:1,6 9:25 Ge 47:9 Ps 39:5

full 5:7 Ec 2:17,23

2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

like Ps 90:5-9 92:7,12 103:15,16 Isa 40:6-8 Jas 1:10,11 4:14 1Pe 1:24

fleeth 8:9 9:25,26 1Ch 29:15 Ps 102:11 144:4 Ec 8:13

3 And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

And dost 7:17,18 13:25 Ps 144:3

bringest 9:19,20,32 13:27 Ps 143:2 Ro 3:19

4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

Who can bring. Heb. Who will give 15:14 25:4-6 Ge 5:3 Ps 51:5 90:5 Joh 3:6 Ro 5:12 8:8,9 Eph 2:3

a clean Lu 1:35

5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

his days 14 7:1 12:10 Ps 39:4 Da 5:26,30 9:24 11:36 Lu 12:20 Ac 17:26 Heb 9:27

the number 21:21

thou hast 23:13,14 Ps 104:9,29 Da 4:35 Re 1:18 3:7

6 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

Turn 7:16,19 10:20 Ps 39:13

rest. Heb. cease. as an hireling 7:1,2 Mt 20:1-8

7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

that it will sprout 14 19:10 Isa 11:1 27:6 Da 4:15,23-25

8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

die in the ground Isa 26:19 Joh 12:24 1Co 15:36

9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

and bring Eze 17:3-10,22-24 19:10 Ro 11:17-24

10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

wasteth away. Heb. is weakened, or, cut off. man 3:11 10:18 11:20 17:13-16 Ge 49:33 Mt 27:50 Ac 5:10

where is he 12 7:7-10 19:26 Pr 14:32 Lu 16:22,23

11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

the flood 6:15-18 Jer 15:18

12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

So man 10:21,22 30:23 Ec 3:19-21 12:5

till the heavens 19:25-27 Ps 102:26 Isa 51:6 65:17 66:22 Mt 24:35 Ac 3:21 Ro 8:20 2Pe 3:7,10-13 Re 20:11 21:1

awake 3:13 7:21 Isa 26:19 Da 12:2 Joh 11:11-13 Eph 5:14 1Th 4:14,15

13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

hide me 3:17-19 Isa 57:1,2

until Isa 12:1 26:20,21

appoint me Mr 13:32 Ac 1:7 17:31

remember Ge 8:1 Ps 106:4 Lu 23:42

14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

shall he live 19:25,26 Eze 37:1-14 Mt 22:29-32 Joh 5:28,29 Ac 26:8 1Co 15:42-44 1Th 4:14-16 Re 20:13

all the days 5 7:1 42:16 Ps 27:14 40:1,2 La 3:25,26 Jas 5:7,8

will I wait 13:15 1Co 15:51,52 Php 3:21

15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

shalt call 13:22 Ps 50:4,5 1Th 4:17 1Jo 2:28

thou wilt have 7:21 10:3,8 Ps 138:8 1Pe 4:19

16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

thou numberest 10:6,14 13:27 31:4 33:11 34:21 Ps 56:6 139:1-4 Pr 5:21 Jer 32:19

17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.

sealed up 21:19 De 32:34 Ho 13:12

18 And surely the mountains falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.

the mountain Ps 102:25,26 Isa 40:12 41:15,16 54:10 64:1 Jer 4:24 Re 6:14 8:8 Re 20:11

cometh to nought. Heb. fadeth. the rock 18:4 Mt 27:51

19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

The waters (Hence the proverb, 'Constant droppings make a hole in a stone.')

washest. Heb. overflowest Ge 6:17 7:21-23

destroyest 19:10 27:8 Ps 30:6,7 Eze 37:11 Lu 12:19,20

20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

prevailest Ec 8:8

changest 14 2:12 La 4:8

21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

he knoweth it not 1Sa 4:20 Ps 39:6 Ec 2:18,19 9:5 Isa 39:7,8 63:16

22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

his flesh 19:20,22,26 33:19-21

his soul Pr 14:32 Lu 16:23,24