Job 7:1

God's Word

“Isn’t a mortal’s stay on earth difficult like a hired hand’s daily ⌞work⌟?

Cross References

Job 10:17

You keep finding new witnesses against me. You keep increasing your anger toward me. You keep bringing new armies against me.

Job 14:1

“A person who is born of a woman is short-lived and is full of trouble.

Job 5:7

But a person is born for trouble as surely as sparks fly up ⌞from a fire⌟.

Job 7:2

Like a slave, he longs for shade. Like a hired hand, he eagerly looks for his pay.

Psalm 39:4

“Teach me, O Lord, about the end of my life. Teach me about the number of days I have left so that I may know how temporary my life is.

Ecclesiastes 8:8

No one has the power to prevent the spirit  of life from leaving. No one has control over the day of his own death. There is no way to avoid the war ⌞against death⌟. Wickedness will not save wicked people ⌞from dying⌟.

Isaiah 16:14

But now the Lord says, “Moab’s honor will be despised within three years. I will count them like workers count the years left of their contracts. In spite of their great number, the survivors will be very few and powerless.”

Isaiah 21:16

This is what the Lord says to me: All of Kedar’s honor will be gone in another year. I will count it like workers count the years left on their contracts.

Isaiah 38:5

“Go and say to Hezekiah, ‘This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: I’ve heard your prayer. I’ve seen your tears. I’m going to give you 15 more years to live.

Isaiah 40:2

“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem and announce to it that its time of hard labor is over and its wrongs have been paid for. It has received from the Lord double for all its sins.”

Leviticus 25:50

Then he and his buyer must take into account the number of years from the year he was bought until the year of jubilee. His sale price will be adjusted based on the number of years he was with his buyer, like the wages of a hired worker.

Deuteronomy 15:18

If you have to let your slave go free, it won’t be a hardship for you. It would have cost you twice as much to hire someone to do the same work for those six years. Besides, the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.