Job 7:1

New Century Version

“People have a hard task on earth, and their days are like those of a laborer.

Cross References

Job 10:17

You bring new witnesses against me and increase your anger against me. Your armies come against me.

Job 14:1

“All of us born to women live only a few days and have lots of trouble.

Job 5:7

People produce trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.

Job 7:2

They are like a slave wishing for the evening shadows, like a laborer waiting to be paid.

Psalm 39:4

“Lord, tell me when the end will come and how long I will live. Let me know how long I have.

Ecclesiastes 8:8

No one can control the wind or stop his own death. No soldier is released in times of war, and evil does not set free those who do evil.

Isaiah 16:14

Now the Lord says, “In three years all those people and what they take pride in will be hated. (This is three years as a hired helper would count time.) There will be a few people left, but they will be weak.”

Isaiah 21:16

This is what the Lord said to me: “In one year all the glory of the country of Kedar will be gone. (This is a year as a hired helper counts time.)

Isaiah 38:5

“Go to Hezekiah and tell him: ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. So I will add fifteen years to your life.

Isaiah 40:2

Speak kindly to the people of Jerusalem and tell them that their time of service is finished, that they have paid for their sins, that the Lord has punished Jerusalem twice for every sin they did.”

Leviticus 25:50

“ ‘He and the one who bought him must count the time from when he sold himself up to the next year of Jubilee. Use that number to decide the price, because the person really only hired himself out for a certain number of years.

Deuteronomy 15:18

Do not think of it as a hard thing when you let your slaves go free. After all, they served you six years and did twice the work of a hired person. The Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.