Job 7:7

New English Translation

Remember that my life is but a breath, that my eyes will never again see happiness.

Cross References

Genesis 42:36

Their father Jacob said to them, “You are making me childless! Joseph is gone. Simeon is gone. And now you want to take Benjamin! Everything is against me.”

Nehemiah 1:8

Please recall the word you commanded your servant Moses: ‘If you act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the nations.

Job 10:20

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

Job 10:9

Remember that you have made me as with the clay; will you return me to dust?

Job 7:16

I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!

Job 9:25

“My days are swifter than a runner, they speed by without seeing happiness.

Psalm 39:6

Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. Surely they accumulate worthless wealth without knowing who will eventually haul it away.”

Psalm 4:6

Many say, “Who can show us anything good?” Smile upon us, Lord!

Psalm 74:18

Remember how the enemy hurls insults, O Lord, and how a foolish nation blasphemes your name!

Psalm 74:22

Rise up, O God! Defend your honor! Remember how fools insult you all day long!

Psalm 78:39

He remembered that they were made of flesh, and were like a wind that blows past and does not return.

Psalm 89:47

Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal?

Psalm 89:50

Take note, O Lord, of the way your servants are taunted, and of how I must bear so many insults from people!

Jeremiah 15:15

I said, “Lord, you know how I suffer. Take thought of me and care for me. Pay back for me those who have been persecuting me. Do not be so patient with them that you allow them to kill me. Be mindful of how I have put up with their insults for your sake.

James 4:14

You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.