'Man' in the Bible

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. He was without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil.

And of cattle he had seven thousand sheep and goats, and three thousand camels, and a thousand oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great number of servants. And the man was greater than any of the sons of the east.

And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil?

And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Is it for nothing that Job is a god-fearing man?

And the Lord said to the Satan, See, I give all he has into your hands, only do not put a finger on the man himself. And the Satan went out from before the Lord.

And a man came to Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses were taking their food by their side:

And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil? and he still keeps his righteousness, though you have been moving me to send destruction on him without cause.

And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Skin for skin, all a man has he will give for his life.

And lifting up their eyes when they were still far off, it did not seem that the man they saw was Job because of the change in him. And they gave way to bitter weeping, with signs of grief, and put dust on their heads.

To a man whose way is veiled, and who is shut in by God?

Have you ever seen destruction come to an upright man? or when were the god-fearing ever cut off?

May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?

So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.

Truly, that man is happy who has training from the hand of God: so do not let your heart be shut to the teaching of the Ruler of all.

Will a man take food which has no taste without salt? or is there any taste in the soft substance of purslain?

Truly, you are such as would give up the child of a dead man to his creditors, and would make a profit out of your friend.

Has not man his ordered time of trouble on the earth? and are not his days like the days of a servant working for payment?

What is man, that you have made him great, and that your attention is fixed on him,

Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God?

If a man was desiring to go to law with him, he would not be able to give him an answer to one out of a thousand questions.

For he is not a man as I am, that I might give him an answer, that we might come together before a judge.

Have you eyes of flesh, or do you see as man sees?

Are your days as the days of man, or your years like his,

Though you see that I am not an evil-doer; and there is no one who is able to take a man out of your hands?

Are all these words to go unanswered? and is a man seen to be right because he is full of talk?

If he goes on his way, shutting a man up and putting him to death, who may make him go back from his purpose?

And so a hollow-minded man will get wisdom, when a young ass of the field gets teaching.

It seems that I am to be as one who is a cause of laughing to his neighbour, one who makes his prayer to God and is answered! the upright man who has done no wrong is to be made sport of!

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all flesh of man.

Truly, there is no building up of what is pulled down by him; when a man is shut up by him, no one may let him loose.

Will it be good for you to be searched out by him, or have you the thought that he may be guided into error like a man?

Though a man comes to nothing like a bit of dead wood, or like a robe which has become food for the worm.

As for man, the son of woman, his days are short and full of trouble.

But man comes to his death and is gone: he gives up his spirit, and where is he?

So man goes down to his last resting-place and comes not again: till the heavens come to an end, they will not be awake or come out of their sleep.

If death takes a man, will he come to life again? All the days of my trouble I would be waiting, till the time came for me to be free.

The stones are crushed small by the force of the waters; the dust of the earth is washed away by their overflowing: and so you put an end to the hope of man.

Will a wise man make answer with knowledge of no value, or will he give birth to the east wind?

Were you the first man to come into the world? or did you come into being before the hills?

What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?

How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!

The evil man is in pain all his days, and the number of the years stored up for the cruel is small.

Running against him like a man of war, covered by his thick breastplate; even like a king ready for the fight,

And he has made his resting-place in the towns which have been pulled down, in houses where no man had a right to be, whose fate was to become masses of broken walls.

I am broken with wound after wound; he comes rushing on me like a man of war.

So that he may give decision for a man in his cause with God, and between a son of man and his neighbour.

But come back, now, all of you, come; and I will not see a wise man among you.

Truly, I make an outcry against the violent man, but there is no answer: I give a cry for help, but no one takes up my cause.

Have you knowledge of this from early times, when man was placed on the earth,

All his wealth is stored up for the dark: a fire not made by man sends destruction on him, and on everything in his tent.

This is the reward of the evil man, and the heritage given to him by God.

As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?

You say, God keeps punishment stored up for his children. Let him send it on the man himself, so that he may have the punishment of it!

How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?

Is it possible for a man to be of profit to God? No, for a man's wisdom is only of profit to himself.

For it was the man with power who had the land, and the man with an honoured name who was living in it.

He makes safe the man who is free from sin, and if your hands are clean, salvation will be yours.

There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.

And the man whose desire is for the wife of another is waiting for the evening, saying, No eye will see me; and he puts a cover on his face. And in the night the thief goes about;

How then is it possible for man to be upright before God? or how may he be clean who is a son of woman?

How much less man who is an insect, and the son of man who is a worm!

Let my hater be like the evil man, and let him who comes against me be as the sinner.

Man puts an end to the dark, searching out to the farthest limit the stones of the deep places of the dark.

Man puts out his hand on the hard rock, overturning mountains by the roots.

Man has not seen the way to it, and it is not in the land of the living.

And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.

Then let my wife give pleasure to another man and let others make use of her body.

But truly it is the spirit in man, even the breath of the Ruler of all, which gives them knowledge.

Take care that you do not say, Wisdom is here; God may overcome him, but not man.

Let me not give respect to any man, or give names of honour to any living.

For I am not able to give names of honour to any man; and if I did, my Maker would quickly take me away.

Truly, in saying this you are wrong; for God is greater than man.

For God gives his word in one way, even in two, and man is not conscious of it:

In order that man may be turned from his evil works, and that pride may be taken away from him;

If now there may be an angel sent to him, one of the thousands which there are to be between him and God, and to make clear to man what is right for him;

Truly, God does all these things to man, twice and three times,

What man is like Job, a man who freely makes sport of God,

For he has said, It is no profit to a man to take delight in God.

For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways.

All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.

Suddenly they come to an end, even in the middle of the night: the blow comes on the men of wealth, and they are gone, and the strong are taken away without the hand of man.

For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.

For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.

Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man.

All people are looking on it; man sees it from far.

He puts an end to the work of every man, so that all may see his work.

How may he have knowledge of my desire for talk with him? or did any man ever say, May destruction come on me?

Get your strength together like a man of war; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

Causing rain to come on a land where no man is living, on the waste land which has no people;

Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.