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Job 14

Introduction

1  Job entreats God for favour, by the shortness of life, and certainty of death.
7  He waits for his change.
16  By sin the creature is subject to corruption.
Verse 1

Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
born
15:14, 25:4, Psalms 51:5, Matthew 11:11
of few days
Heb. short of days.
7:1,6, 9:25, Genesis 47:9, Psalms 39:5
full
5:7, Ecclesiastes 2:17,23
Verse 2

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
like
Psalms 90:5-9, 92:7,12, 103:15,16, Isaiah 40:6-8, James 1:10,11, 4:14, 1 Peter 1:24
fleeth
8:9, 9:25,26, 1 Chronicles 29:15, Psalms 102:11, 144:4, Ecclesiastes 8:13
Verse 3

And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
And dost
7:17,18, 13:25, Psalms 144:3
bringest
9:19,20,32, 13:27, Psalms 143:2, Romans 3:19
Verse 4

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
Who can bring
Heb. Who will give.
15:14, 25:4-6, Genesis 5:3, Psalms 51:5, 90:5, John 3:6, Romans 5:12, 8:8,9, Ephesians 2:3
a clean
Luke 1:35
Verse 5

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
his days
14, 7:1, 12:10, Psalms 39:4, Daniel 5:26,30, 9:24, 11:36, Luke 12:20, Acts 17:26, Hebrews 9:27
the number
21:21
thou hast
23:13,14, Psalms 104:9,29, Daniel 4:35, Revelation 1:18, 3:7
Verse 6

Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
Turn
7:16,19, 10:20, Psalms 39:13
rest
Heb. cease. as an hireling.
7:1,2, Matthew 20:1-8
Verse 7

For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
that it will sprout
14, 19:10, Isaiah 11:1, 27:6, Daniel 4:15,23-25
Verse 8

Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
die in the ground
Isaiah 26:19, John 12:24, 1 Corinthians 15:36
Verse 9

Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
and bring
Ezekiel 17:3-10,22-24, 19:10, Romans 11:17-24
Verse 10

But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
wasteth away
Heb. is weakened, or, cut off. man.
3:11, 10:18, 11:20, 17:13-16, Genesis 49:33, Matthew 27:50, Acts 5:10
where is he
12, 7:7-10, 19:26, Proverbs 14:32, Luke 16:22,23
Verse 11

As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
the flood
6:15-18, Jeremiah 15:18
Verse 12

So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
So man
10:21,22, 30:23, Ecclesiastes 3:19-21, 12:5
till the heavens
19:25-27, Psalms 102:26, Isaiah 51:6, 65:17, 66:22, Matthew 24:35, Acts 3:21, Romans 8:20, 2 Peter 3:7,10-13, Revelation 20:11, 21:1
awake
3:13, 7:21, Isaiah 26:19, Daniel 12:2, John 11:11-13, Ephesians 5:14, 1 Thessalonians 4:14,15
Verse 13

O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
hide me
3:17-19, Isaiah 57:1,2
until
Isaiah 12:1, 26:20,21
appoint me
Mark 13:32, Acts 1:7, 17:31
remember
Genesis 8:1, Psalms 106:4, Luke 23:42
Verse 14

If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
shall he live
19:25,26, Ezekiel 37:1-14, Matthew 22:29-32, John 5:28,29, Acts 26:8, 1 Corinthians 15:42-44, 1 Thessalonians 4:14-16, Revelation 20:13
all the days
5, 7:1, 42:16, Psalms 27:14, 40:1,2, Lamentations 3:25,26, James 5:7,8
will I wait
13:15, 1 Corinthians 15:51,52, Philippians 3:21
Verse 15

Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
shalt call
13:22, Psalms 50:4,5, 1 Thessalonians 4:17, 1 John 2:28
thou wilt have
7:21, 10:3,8, Psalms 138:8, 1 Peter 4:19
Verse 16

For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
thou numberest
10:6,14, 13:27, 31:4, 33:11, 34:21, Psalms 56:6, 139:1-4, Proverbs 5:21, Jeremiah 32:19
Verse 17

My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
sealed up
21:19, Deuteronomy 32:34, Hosea 13:12
Verse 18

And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
the mountain
Psalms 102:25,26, Isaiah 40:12, 41:15,16, 54:10, 64:1, Jeremiah 4:24, Revelation 6:14, Revelation 8:8, 20:11
cometh to nought
Heb. fadeth. the rock.
18:4, Matthew 27:51
Verse 19

The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
The waters
Hence the proverb, "Constant droppings make a hole in a stone."
washest
Heb. overflowest.
Genesis 6:17, 7:21-23
destroyest
19:10, 27:8, Psalms 30:6,7, Ezekiel 37:11, Luke 12:19,20
Verse 20

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
prevailest
Ecclesiastes 8:8
changest
14, 2:12, Lamentations 4:8
Verse 21

His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
he knoweth it not
1 Samuel 4:20, Psalms 39:6, Ecclesiastes 2:18,19, 9:5, Isaiah 39:7,8, 63:16
Verse 22

But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
his flesh
19:20,22,26, 33:19-21
his soul
Proverbs 14:32, Luke 16:23,24

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