adch. 11:9; Job 19:29; Matt. 12:36; Acts 17:31; Rom. 2:16; 14:10, 12; 1 Cor. 4:5; [ch. 3:15, 17; Gen. 18:25; Ps. 58:11]
Genesis 3:16-19
16To the woman he said,“I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing;
ain pain you shall bring forth children.
bYour desire shall be contrary to ▼
▼Or shall be toward (see 4:7)
your husband,but he shall drule over you.”
17And to Adam he said,
“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
and have eaten of the tree
eof which I commanded you,
‘You shall not eat of it,’
fcursed is the ground because of you;
gin pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
18thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;
and you shall eat the plants of the field.
19By the sweat of your face
you shall eat bread,
till you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
hfor you are dust,
and ito dust you shall return.”
Job 5:6-7
6For affliction does not come from the dust,nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
7but man is jborn to trouble
as the sparks fly upward.
Job 14:1
Job Continues: Death Comes Soon to All
1 “Man who is kborn of a womanis lfew of days and mfull of trouble.
Ecclesiastes 1:2
2 nVanity ▼▼The Hebrew term hebel, translated vanity or vain, refers concretely to a “mist,” “vapor,” or “mere breath,” and metaphorically to something that is fleeting or elusive (with different nuances depending on the context). It appears five times in this verse and in 29 other verses in Ecclesiastes
of vanities, says pthe Preacher,qvanity of vanities! rAll is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 1:13-14
13And I sapplied my heart ▼▼The Hebrew term denotes the center of one’s inner life, including mind, will, and emotions
to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy ubusiness that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. 14I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vvanity ▼▼The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)
and a striving after wind. ▼▼Or a feeding on wind; compare Hosea 12:1 (also in Ecclesiastes 1:17; 2:11, 17, 26; 4:4, 6, 16; 6:9)
Ecclesiastes 12:8
8 yVanity ▼▼The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (three times in this verse); see note on 1:2
of vanities, says aathe Preacher; all is vanity. Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
13The end of the matter; all has been heard. abFear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. ▼▼Or the duty of all mankind
14For adGod will bring every deed into judgment, with ▼▼Or into the judgment on
every secret thing, whether good or evil.
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