'Time' in the Bible

When their time of feasting had concluded, Job would rise early in the morning to send for them and consecrate them to God. He would offer a burnt offering for each one, because Job thought, "Perhaps my children sinned by cursing God in their hearts." Job did this time and again.

Some time later, when his children were celebrating in their oldest brother's house,

At the time this one was speaking, {another} came and said, "Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their firstborn brother's house.

Some time later, divine beings again presented themselves to the LORD, and Satan accompanied them to present himself to the LORD.

"Will you get offended if somebody tries to talk to you? Who can keep from speaking at a time like this?

In time of famine he will redeem you from death, and in time of war from the power of the sword.

You'll go to your grave at a ripe old age; like a stack of grain that's harvested at just the right time.

What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

When I go to my bed, I say, When will it be time to get up? but the night is long, and I am turning from side to side till morning light.

Because we are of yesterday and we know nothing, for our time on earth is only a shadow.

The time will come when your mouth will be full of laughing, and cries of joy will come from your lips.

If someone wishes to contend with him, he cannot answer him one time in a thousand.

If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?

Thou renewest thy witnesses before me and increasest thy displeasure against me; successions of evil and a time of toil are with me.

“Since his days are determined,The number of his months is with You [in Your control],And You have made his limits so he cannot pass [his allotted time].

Look away from him and leave him alone, so he can enjoy his time, like a hired worker."

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!

If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

Truly, you make the fear of God without effect, so that the time of quiet worship before God is made less by your outcry.

Terrifying sounds fill his ears; in a time of peace marauders attack him.

He wanders around for food where is it? He knows that a time of darkness is near.

It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

He breaks through against me, time and time again; he rushes against me like a warrior.

For in a short time I will take the journey from which I will not come back.

But I am certain that he who will take up my cause is living, and that in time to come he will take his place on the dust;

Don’t you know that ever since antiquity,from the time man was placed on earth,

“In the fullness of his excess (great abundance) he will be in trouble;The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him [he is miserable on every side].

“Will you keep to the ancient pathThat wicked men walked [in the time of Noah],

Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

Why doesn't the Almighty reserve time for judgment? And why don't those who know him perceive his days?

As a group, deep darkness is their morning time; fear that lives in darkness is their friend."

"They remain only a short time on the water's surface; their inheritance will be cursed in the land; no one will work in their vineyards.

For a short time they are lifted up; then they are gone; they are made low, they are pulled off like fruit, and like the heads of grain they are cut off.

I'll retain my righteousness and not compromise it; my conscience won't rebuke me at any time.

He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer.

just as I was in my most productive time, when God's intimate friendship was experienced in my tent,

For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.

"Now, my soul pours itself out; the time of my affliction has taken control of me.

I'm boiling mad inside, and I won't remain silent; the time for my affliction to confront me has arrived.

(even a poor man had grown up with me as if I were his father, and even though I had guided the widow from the time I was born),

“For I do not know how to flatter, [in an appropriate way, and I fear that],My Maker would soon take me away.

For God speaks time and again,but a person may not notice it.

He uncovers their ears at that timeand terrifies them with warnings,

“For He sets no appointed time for a man,That he should appear before Him in judgment.

Thus he acknowledges their behavior, and overcomes them; when night time comes, they are crushed.

Give me a little more time, and I will make it clear to you; for I have still something to say for God.

“He delivers the afflicted in their affliction,And opens their ear in time of oppression.

"Have you ever commanded the morning at any time during your life? Do you know where the dawn lives,

Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

Can you lead forth the southern constellations at their appointed time, or can you lead [the] Bear with its children?

Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

I spoke once, but I can't answer; I tried a second time, but I won't do so anymore."

He is like a tree planted by flowing streams; it yields its fruit at the proper time, and its leaves never fall off. He succeeds in everything he attempts.

Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.

They say to themselves, "We will not be moved throughout all time, and we will not experience adversity."

From the time when my name comes to their ears they will be ruled by me: men of other countries will, with false hearts, put themselves under my authority.

Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

I have been dependent on you since birth; from the time I came out of my mother's womb you have been my God.

My praise will be of You in the great assembly.I will pay my vows [made in the time of trouble] before those who [reverently] fear Him.

Surely goodness and loyal love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will stay in the house of Yahweh {for a very long time}.

For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

To keep their souls from death; and to keep them living in time of need.

For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.

They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

For the Lord delights in justiceAnd does not abandon His saints (faithful ones);They are preserved forever,But the descendants of the wicked will [in time] be cut off.

But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

Let my prayer come to your ears, O Lord, and give attention to my cry, make an answer to my weeping: for my time here is short before you, and in a little time I will be gone, like all my fathers.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.

God, we heard it with our ears; our ancestors told us about what you did in their day a long time ago.

What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

Let them be like an after-birth which is turned to water and comes to an end; like the fruit of a woman who gives birth before her time, let them not see the sun.

But as for me, I will sing [of] your strength, and I will hail your loyal love in the morning, because you have been my [high] stronghold and a refuge in my {time} of trouble.

They spend all their time planning how to bring him down. They love to use deceit; they pronounce blessings with their mouths, but inwardly they utter curses. (Selah)

But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

For you are my hope, O Lord God; I have had faith in you from the time when I was young.

Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now.

The righteous will flourish at the proper time and peace will prevail until the moon is no more.

They have an easy time until they die,and their bodies are well fed.

“When I choose a time,I will judge fairly.

You, you are to be feared; who may keep his place before you in the time of your wrath?

In my time of trouble I sought the Lord. I kept my hand raised in prayer throughout the night. I refused to be comforted.

Has His lovingkindness ceased forever?Have His promises ended for all time?

But time and again, they sinned against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.

When He killed [some of] them, then those remaining sought Him,And they returned [to Him] and searched diligently for God [for a time].

But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

Again and again they tempted God,And distressed the Holy One of Israel.

Thou hast caused them to eat bread of tears, And causest them to drink With tears a third time.

Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

In a time of need you called out and I delivered you; I answered you from the dark thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Interlude

The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

In my time of trouble I cry out to you, for you will answer me.

O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night:

You have made him old before his time; he is covered with shame. (Selah.)

Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

in the morning it glistens and sprouts up; at evening time it withers and dries up.