Job 7:1 Cross References - Thomson

¹ Is not the life of man on the earth a state of trial, and his days like the days of a hireling?

⁵⁰ In which case he shall settle with him who purchased him, from the year he sold himself, to the year of the release, and the price of his purchase shall be as the yearly wages of a hired servant for the years he is to be with him.

¹⁸ It shall not seem hard to thee that they are let go free from thee; for they have saved thee the wages of an hireling. He hath served thee six years. When the Lord thy God hath blessed thee in all thou doest,

⁷ [a] But man is born for trouble, as the young of the vulture soar aloft,

⁵ Whether the course of his life on earth be one day; or months be numbered out for him, he cometh to the term thou hast set, but cannot pass it. ⁶ Turn away from him, that he may take rest, and comfort his life like a hireling.

¹³ O! that thou hadst kept me in the mansion of the dead; and hid me till thine indignation should cease: and that thou wouldst set me a time when thou wouldst remember me; ¹⁴ [for though a man die he may be revived, after finishing the days of this life of his,] I would wait patiently, until I come again into existence.

⁴ Make known to me, Lord mine end; and the number of my days, what it is. That I may know what I lack of it.

⁸ No man is absolute commander over wind to stop the current of it, and over the day of death he hath no authority; nor is there a discharge in the day of battle; nor can wickedness save him who is under its sway.

¹⁶ For thus hath the Lord said to me, "Within a year, according to the year of an hireling, the glory of the children of Kedar shall fail;

⁵ Go and say to Ezekias, Thus saith the Lord, the God of thy father David, I have heard thy prayer and seen thy tears, Behold I will add to thy term fifteen years.

² priests, speak to the understanding of Jerusalem; comfort her; for her humiliation is accomplished; her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received from the hand of the Lord [blessings] double to the punishment of her sins.

¹ For the reign of the heavens is like a householder who went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard. ² And having agreed with some labourers for a deniar a day, he sent them to his vineyard. ³ And going out about the third hour he saw some standing in the market place, unemployed, ⁴ and said to them, Go ye also to the vineyard and I will give you what is reasonable. So they went. ⁵ Again about the sixth and ninth hour he went out and did the same. ⁶ And having gone out about the eleventh hour, he found others standing unemployed, and saith to them, Why have you stood here all the day unemployed? ⁷ They say to him, Because no one hath hired us. He saith to them, Go ye also to the vineyard and you shall receive what is reasonable. ⁸ And in the evening the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, Call the labourers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last and ending with the first. ⁹ So they who had been hired at the eleventh hour, came and received even one a deniar. ¹⁰ And when the first hired came, they expected to receive more; but they also received everyone a deniar. ¹¹ And when they received it, they murmured against the householder, ¹² saying, These last have worked but one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, who have borne the burden, and the heat of the day. ¹³ But he in reply said to one of them, Companion! I do thee no wrong. Didst thou not agree with me for a deniar: ¹⁴ take what is thine and go thy way. It is my will to give this last as much as to thee. ¹⁵ Is it not lawful for me to do what I please with mine own? Is thine eye evil because I am good?

⁹ Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walketh in the day he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world: ¹⁰ but if any one walk in the night he stumbleth because there is no light in him.