Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
death » Desired » Job
I will give free expression to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
“Oh, that You would hide me in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),
That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,
That You would set a definite time and then remember me [and in Your lovingkindness imprint me on your heart]!
Oh, that I might have my request, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! I even wish that it would please God to crush me, that He would let loose His hand and cut me off! Then would I still have consolation -- "yes, I would leap [for joy] amid unsparing pain [though I shrink from it] -- "that I have not concealed or denied the words of the Holy One! read more.
What strength have I left, that I should wait and hope? And what is ahead of me, that I should be patient?
What strength have I left, that I should wait and hope? And what is ahead of me, that I should be patient?
Is there not an [appointed] warfare and hard labor to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling? As a servant earnestly longs for the shade and the evening shadows, and as a hireling who looks for the reward of his work, So am I allotted months of futile [suffering], and [long] nights of misery are appointed to me.
So that I would choose strangling and death rather than these my bones. I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone, for my days are a breath (futility).
Life » Conditions of receiving » Hated
So I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun caused me only great sorrow; because all is futility and chasing after the wind.
Verse Concepts
“I waste away and loathe my life; I will not live forever.
Let me alone, for my days are but a breath [futile and without substance].
Vanity » The days of man are
For who [limited by human wisdom] knows what is good for man during his lifetime, during the few days of his futile life? He spends them like a shadow [staying busy, but achieving nothing of lasting value]. For who can tell a man what will happen after him [to his work, his treasure, his plans] under the sun [after his life is over]?
Verse Concepts
“I waste away and loathe my life; I will not live forever.
Let me alone, for my days are but a breath [futile and without substance].