Job 3:3

3:3 “Let the day on which I was born perish,

and the night that said,

‘A man has been conceived!’

Job 3:23

3:23 Why is light given to a man

whose way is hidden,

and whom God has hedged in?

Job 5:17

5:17 “Therefore, blessed is the man whom God corrects,

so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

Job 6:26

6:26 Do you intend to criticize mere words,

and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?

Job 7:1-2

The Brevity of Life

7:1 “Does not humanity have hard service on earth?

Are not their days also

like the days of a hired man?

7:2 Like a servant longing for the evening shadow,

and like a hired man looking for his wages,

Job 8:20

8:20 “Surely, God does not reject a blameless man,

nor does he grasp the hand

of the evildoers.

Job 11:12

11:12 But an empty man will become wise,

when a wild donkey’s colt is born a human being.

Job 13:9

13:9 Would it turn out well if he would examine you?

Or as one deceives a man would you deceive him?

Job 14:6

14:6 Look away from him and let him desist,

until he fulfills his time like a hired man.

Job 14:19

14:19 as water wears away stones,

and torrents wash away the soil,

so you destroy man’s hope.

Job 15:14

15:14 What is man that he should be pure,

or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

Job 17:10

Anticipation of Death

17:10 “But turn, all of you, and come now!

I will not find a wise man among you.

Job 27:13

27:13 This is the portion of the wicked man

allotted by God,

the inheritance that evildoers receive

from the Almighty.

Job 28:3

28:3 Man puts an end to the darkness;

he searches the farthest recesses

for the ore in the deepest darkness.

Job 28:9

28:9 On the flinty rock man has set to work with his hand;

he has overturned mountains at their bases.

Job 29:13

29:13 the blessing of the dying man descended on me,

and I made the widow’s heart rejoice;

Job 30:24

The Contrast With the Past

30:24 “Surely one does not stretch out his hand

against a broken man

when he cries for help in his distress.

Job 31:10

31:10 then let my wife turn the millstone for another man,

and may other men have sexual relations with her.

Job 31:19

31:19 If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing,

or a poor man without a coat,

Job 37:20

37:20 Should he be informed that I want to speak?

If a man speaks, surely he would be swallowed up!

Job 38:3

38:3 Get ready for a difficult task like a man;

I will question you

and you will inform me!

Job 40:7

40:7 “Get ready for a difficult task like a man.

I will question you and you will inform me!