Chapter 14
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
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
And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
And dost
bringest
9:19,20,32 13:27 Psalms 143:2 Romans 3:19
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
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
thou hast
23:13,14 Psalms 104:9,29 Daniel 4:35 Revelation 1:18 3:7
Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
Turn
rest
Heb. cease. as an hireling.
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
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
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
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
As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
the flood
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
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
until
appoint me
remember
Genesis 8:1 Psalms 106:4 Luke 23:42
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
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
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
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
sealed up
21:19 Deuteronomy 32:34 Hosea 13:12
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.
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.
destroyest
19:10 27:8 Psalms 30:6,7 Ezekiel 37:11 Luke 12:19,20
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
prevailest
changest
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
But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.