1 “Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
Job 7:1
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Job 14:1–2
1 “Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble. 2 Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
Psalms of Solomon 17:1–3
1 O Lord, Thou art our King for ever and ever, For in Thee, O God, doth our soul glory. (PSS) 2 How long are the days of man's life upon the earth? As are his days, so is the hope set upon him. (PSS) 3 But we hope in God, our deliverer; (PSS)
Ecclesiastes 1:2–4
2 “Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!” 3 What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun? 4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
Job 3:19–21
19 Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master. 20 Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul, 21 who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,
Job 14:13–15
13 If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me! 14 When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes. 15 You will call,…
Job 5:6–8
6 For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground. 7 Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward. 8 However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
Ecclesiastes 3:8–10
8 a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace. 9 What does the worker gain from his toil? 10 I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them.
Job 24:1–2
1 “Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days? 2 Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.
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