Job 7:1
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
Cross-references
Job 14:5 states that man's days are determined and limited, directly echoing Job 7:1's theme of an appointed time for human life.
Job 14:6 repeats the hireling metaphor, begging God to let the laborer rest until his day is done — a direct thematic echo.
Job 14:14 speaks of 'all the days of my appointed time,' directly repeating the concept from Job 7:1 of a fixed term for human life.
Job 14:13 asks God to 'appoint a set time' in the grave, using the same phrase for appointed time as Job 7:1, but with a different wish.
Psalm 39:4 echoes the same plea to know life's brevity — both lament the fleeting, measured days of human existence.
Ecclesiastes 8:8 declares no discharge from war or death — reinforcing Job's image of life as an inescapable, hard service.
Isaiah 21:16 uses 'years of a hireling' to measure a fixed, short period — closely paralleling Job's image of life as a limited term of service.
Ecclesiastes 3:2 declares a time to die — expanding on Job's question about whether there is an appointed time for man.
Isaiah 38:5 shows God extending Hezekiah's years — a direct contrast to Job's view that life's days are fixed and hard like a hireling's.
Matthew 20:1-15 tells of day laborers hired at different hours — the hireling setting mirrors Job's metaphor but emphasizes God's grace, not hardship.