Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
For what
The number
General references
Bible References
For what
Job 14:21
His sons come to honor, and he doesn't know it. They are brought low, but he doesn't perceive it of them.
Ecclesiastes 2:18
I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
Luke 16:27
"He said, 'I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house;
The number
Job 14:5
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he can't pass;
Psalm 55:23
But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.
Psalm 102:24
I said, "My God, do not take me away in the midst of my days. Your years are throughout all generations.
General references
Deuteronomy 21:7
and they shall answer and say, "Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.