Job 14
1 “Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
Man that is borne of woman, is of short continuance, and full of trouble.
2 Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
He shooteth foorth as a flowre, and is cut downe: he vanisheth also as a shadowe, and continueth not.
3 Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?
And yet thou openest thine eyes vpon such one, and causest me to enter into iudgement with thee.
4 Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
Who can bring a cleane thing out of filthinesse? there is not one.
5 Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,
Are not his dayes determined? the nober of his moneths are with thee: thou hast appointed his boundes, which he can not passe.
6 look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.
Turne from him that he may cease vntill his desired day, as an hyreling.
7 For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.
For there is hope of a tree, if it bee cut downe, that it will yet sproute, and the branches thereof will not cease.
8 If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,
Though the roote of it waxe olde in the earth, and the stocke thereof be dead in ye ground,
9 at the scent of water it will bud and put forth twigs like a sapling.
Yet by the sent of water it will bud, and bring foorth boughes like a plant.
10 But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
But man is sicke, and dyeth, and man perisheth, and where is he?
11 As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,
As the waters passe from the sea, and as the flood decayeth and dryeth vp,
12 so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.
So man sleepeth and riseth not: for hee shall not wake againe, nor be raised from his sleepe till the heauen be no more.
13 If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me! (Sheol h7585)
Oh that thou wouldest hide me in the graue, and keepe me secret, vntill thy wrath were past, and wouldest giue me terme, and remember me. (Sheol h7585)
14 When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.
If a man die, shall he liue againe? All the dayes of mine appointed time will I waite, till my changing shall come.
15 You will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.
Thou shalt call me, and I shall answere thee: thou louest the worke of thine own hands.
16 For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.
But nowe thou nombrest my steppes, and doest not delay my sinnes.
17 My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.
Mine iniquitie is sealed vp, as in a bagge, and thou addest vnto my wickednesse.
18 But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,
And surely as the mountaine that falleth, commeth to nought, and the rocke that is remooued from his place:
19 as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.
As the water breaketh the stones, when thou ouerflowest the things which growe in the dust of ye earth: so thou destroyest ye hope of man.
20 You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.
Thou preuailest alway against him, so that he passeth away: he changeth his face when thou castest him away.
21 If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.
And he knoweth not if his sonnes shall be honourable, neither shall he vnderstand concerning them, whether they shalbe of lowe degree,
22 He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”
But while his flesh is vpon him, he shall be sorowfull, and while his soule is in him, it shall mourne.
