Job 14:1 Cross References - ISV

¹ Human Beings Live and DieHuman beings born by women are short-lived and full of trouble.

⁹ “I’m 130 years old,” Jacob replied. “My years have turned out to be few and unpleasant, but I haven’t yet reached the age my ancestors did during their travels on earth.”

⁷ But mankind is born headed for trouble, just as sparks soar skyward.”

¹ Job Acknowledges the Brevity of Life“Men have harsh servitude on earth, do they not? His days are like those of a hired laborer, are they not?

⁶ My days pass as swiftly as a hand-loom; they come to their conclusion without hope.

²⁵ Job Argues that God Won’t Acquit Him“My days pass faster than a runner; but they pass quickly without seeing anything good.

¹⁴ “What is mankind, that he can be blameless? Or does being born of a woman mean he’ll be in the right?

⁴ How can a human being become right with God? How can a human being be pure?

⁵ Look, you have made my life span fit in your hand; It is nothing compared to yours. Surely every person at their best is a puff of wind. Interlude

⁵ Indeed, in iniquity I was brought forth; in sin my mother conceived me.

¹⁷ So I hated life, because whatever is done on earth causes me trouble—it’s all pointless, like chasing after the wind.

²³ Indeed, all of his days are filled with sorrow, and his struggles bring grief. In fact, his mind remains restless throughout the night. This is pointless, too!

¹¹ I tell all of you with certainty, among those born of women no one has appeared who is greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least important person in the kingdom from heaven is greater than he.