Quotes about Time
Then the king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time.
— Nehemiah 2:6
While they stood in their places, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and they spent another quarter of the day in confession and worship of the LORD their God.
— Nehemiah 9:3
but I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they did not return on the Sabbath.
— Nehemiah 13:21
Some time later, when the anger of King Xerxes had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.
— Esther 2:1
For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
— Esther 4:14
the Jews bound themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should not fail to celebrate these two days at the appointed time each and every year, according to their regulation.
— Esther 9:27
If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.
— Job 3:6
So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.
— Job 7:3
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
— Job 7:6
For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.
— Job 8:9
My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
— Job 9:25
Are Your days like those of a mortal, or Your years like those of a man,
— Job 10:5