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Is your life so short<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/10.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Are your days as the days of man, or your years as a man’s years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Are Your days like those of a mortal, or Your years like those of a man,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><i>Are</i> thy days as the days of man? <i>are</i> thy years as man's days,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br /><i>Are</i> Your days like the days of a mortal man? <i>Are</i> Your years like the days of a mighty man,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />‘Are Your days like the days of a mortal, Or Your years like a man’s year,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Are Your days as the days of a mortal, Or Your years as man&#8217s years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Are Thy days as the days of a mortal, Or Thy years as man’s years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Are Your days as the days of a mortal man, Or Your years as man’s years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />‘Are Your days as the days of a mortal, Are Your years as man’s years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Are your days like those of a human, or your years like those of a man,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Are Your days like those of a human, or Your years like those of a man, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Are thy days as the days of man, Or thy years as man's days,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Is your life as short as ours? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Are thy days as the days of man, or thy years as man's days,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Are your days like a mortal's days? Are your years like a human's years?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Is your life as short as ours? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Can you live only as long as a human being? Or live the years of a mortal man?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Are Your days like those of a mortal, or Your years like those of a man,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Are your days like the days of a mortal, or your years like the years of a mortal, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Are your days as the days of mortals, or your years as man's years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Are your days as the days of mortals, or your years as man’s years, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />[Are] Your days as the days of man? Your years as the days of a man?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> As the days of man are Thy days? Thy years as the days of a man?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Are thy days as man's days? or thy years as the days of man?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Are thy days as the days of man, and are thy years as the times of men: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Are your days just like the days of man, and are your years as the times of humans,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Are your days like the days of a mortal, and are your years like a human lifetime, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Are your days like the days of mortals, or your years like human years,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Are thy days as the days of men? Are thy years as man's days?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Or are your days as the days of man, or your years as the days of a man<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Are Thy days as the days of man, Or Thy years as a man's days,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Or is thy life human, or thy years <i>the years</i> of a man,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/10-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=1523" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/10.htm">Job's Plea to God</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>Do You have eyes of flesh? Do You see as man sees? <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hă·ḵî·mê (Art, Prep-k:: N-mpc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">Are Your days</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·me·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">like those</a> <a href="/hebrew/582.htm" title="582: ’ĕ·nō·wōš (N-ms) -- Man, mankind. From 'anash; properly, a mortal; hence, a man in general.">of a mortal,</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’i·mōš- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: nō·w·ṯe·ḵā (N-fpc:: 2ms) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">Your years</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: kî·mê (Prep-k:: N-mpc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">like those</a> <a href="/hebrew/1397.htm" title="1397: ḡā·ḇer (N-ms) -- Man. From gabar; properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply.">of a man,</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>that You should seek my iniquity and search out my sin—…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/90-4.htm">Psalm 90:4</a></span><br />For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/3-8.htm">2 Peter 3:8</a></span><br />Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/39-5.htm">Psalm 39:5</a></span><br />You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-22.htm">Isaiah 40:22</a></span><br />He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/102-11.htm">Psalm 102:11-12</a></span><br />My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass. / But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/144-4.htm">Psalm 144:4</a></span><br />Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-14.htm">James 4:14</a></span><br />You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-8.htm">Isaiah 55:8-9</a></span><br />“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. / “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/90-10.htm">Psalm 90:10</a></span><br />The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-20.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:20</a></span><br />All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-24.htm">1 Peter 1:24</a></span><br />For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/46-4.htm">Isaiah 46:4</a></span><br />Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/103-15.htm">Psalm 103:15-16</a></span><br />As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field; / when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-15.htm">1 Chronicles 29:15</a></span><br />For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/1-10.htm">Hebrews 1:10-12</a></span><br />And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. / They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. / You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; but You remain the same, and Your years will never end.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Are your days as the days of man? are your years as man's days,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/90-2.htm">Psalm 90:2-4</a></b></br> Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou <i>art</i> God… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/102-12.htm">Psalm 102:12,24-27</a></b></br> But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/1-12.htm">Hebrews 1:12</a></b></br> And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/10-4.htm">Mortal</a> <a href="/isaiah/31-8.htm">Mortals</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/34-6.htm">Mortal</a> <a href="/psalms/73-5.htm">Mortals</a><div class="vheading2">Job 10</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/10-1.htm">Job, taking liberty of complaint, expostulates with God about his afflictions</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/10-18.htm">He complains of life, and craves a little ease before death</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/10.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/10.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Are Your days like those of a mortal</b><br>This phrase reflects Job's struggle to comprehend God's eternal nature compared to human limitations. In biblical context, God is often described as eternal and unchanging (<a href="/psalms/90-2.htm">Psalm 90:2</a>, <a href="/malachi/3-6.htm">Malachi 3:6</a>). Job's question highlights the contrast between God's infinite existence and human mortality. The rhetorical nature of the question underscores Job's frustration and his attempt to understand divine justice from a human perspective. This reflects the broader theme of the Book of Job, where human suffering and divine sovereignty are explored.<p><b>or Your years like those of a man</b><br>Here, Job continues to question the nature of God's existence, contrasting it with human life, which is finite and bound by time. This phrase can be connected to other scriptures that emphasize God's timelessness, such as <a href="/isaiah/40-28.htm">Isaiah 40:28</a>, which speaks of the Lord as the everlasting God. The cultural context of the ancient Near East often depicted gods with human-like qualities, but the God of Israel is distinct in His eternal nature. Job's inquiry can be seen as a reflection of his deep anguish and desire for understanding, as he grapples with the seeming disparity between God's eternal nature and the temporal suffering of humanity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, known for his immense suffering and his quest to understand the reasons behind it.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Almighty Creator, whom Job is addressing in this verse. Job is questioning God's nature and understanding of human life.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_uz.htm">The Land of Uz</a></b><br>The setting of the Book of Job, traditionally considered to be in the region of Edom or northern Arabia.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_suffering.htm">Job's Suffering</a></b><br>The context of this verse is Job's lament over his suffering and his struggle to comprehend God's ways.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_friends.htm">Job's Friends</a></b><br>Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, who attempt to explain Job's suffering through traditional wisdom, often attributing it to sin.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_nature.htm">Understanding God's Nature</a></b><br>Job's question highlights the difference between God's eternal nature and human temporality. It reminds us that God's perspective is not limited by time as ours is.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/human_limitations.htm">Human Limitations</a></b><br>This verse encourages believers to acknowledge their limited understanding and to trust in God's infinite wisdom and eternal perspective.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_amidst_suffering.htm">Faith Amidst Suffering</a></b><br>Job's questioning is a natural part of faith, especially in times of suffering. It teaches us that it's okay to bring our doubts and questions to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>The verse underscores God's sovereignty and the mystery of His ways, encouraging believers to rest in the assurance that God is in control, even when we don't understand.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_perspective.htm">The Importance of Perspective</a></b><br>It challenges us to seek a godly perspective in our trials, recognizing that our understanding is finite and God's purposes are beyond our comprehension.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 10</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_job_10_5_align_with_god's_eternity.htm">In Job 10:5, Job asks if God experiences time like a human—how does this align with the idea of God’s eternal nature in other Scriptures? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_brings_true_satisfaction_in_scripture.htm">What is the biblical perspective on human mortality?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_genesis_5_and_psalm_90_10.htm">How do we reconcile the extraordinarily long lifespans in Genesis 5 with the more typical human lifespan suggested in Psalm 90:10?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_could_moses_live_to_120_years.htm">How can Moses realistically be 120 years old (Deut. 31:2) when modern biology deems such an age implausible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Are thy days as man's days?</span> In short-lived man, shortsightedness and prejudice are excusable, but not in one whose days are unlike man's days - whose "years endure throughout all generations" (Is. 102:24). Such a one ought to be above all human infirmity. <span class="cmt_word">Or thy years as man's days?</span> We should have expected "as man's <span class="accented">years."</span> But it marks the disparity more strongly to say, "Are thy years not greater in number even than man's [literally, 'a strong man's'] <span class="accented">days?"</span> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/10-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Are Your days</span><br /><span class="heb">הֲכִימֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(hă·ḵî·mê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article, Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like those</span><br /><span class="heb">יָמֶ֑יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·me·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of a [mortal],</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱנ֣וֹשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·nō·wōš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_582.htm">Strong's 582: </a> </span><span class="str2">Man, mankind</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or</span><br /><span class="heb">אִם־</span> <span class="translit">(’i·mōš-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your years</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁ֝נוֹתֶ֗יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(nō·w·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like those</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֣ימֵי</span> <span class="translit">(kî·mê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of a man,</span><br /><span class="heb">גָֽבֶר׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḡā·ḇer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1397.htm">Strong's 1397: </a> </span><span class="str2">A valiant man, warrior, a person simply</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/10-5.htm">Job 10:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/10-5.htm">Job 10:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/10-5.htm">Job 10:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/10-5.htm">Job 10:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/10-5.htm">Job 10:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/10-5.htm">Job 10:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/10-5.htm">Job 10:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/10-5.htm">Job 10:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/10-5.htm">Job 10:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/10-5.htm">Job 10:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/10-5.htm">OT Poetry: Job 10:5 Are your days as the days (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/10-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 10:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 10:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/10-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 10:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 10:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>