Job 14
1 “Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
man to beget woman short day and sated turmoil
2 Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
like/as flower to come out: issue and to languish and to flee like/as shadow and not to stand: stand
3 Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?
also upon this to open eye your and [obj] me to come (in): bring in/on/with justice: judgement with you
4 Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
who? to give: give pure from unclean 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,
if to decide day his number month his with you (statute: allotment his *Q(K)*) to make and not to pass
6 look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.
to gaze from upon him and to cease till to accept like/as hired day his
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 to/for tree hope if to cut: cut and still to pass and shoot his not to cease
8 If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,
if be old in/on/with land: soil root his and in/on/with dust to die stock his
9 at the scent of water it will bud and put forth twigs like a sapling.
from aroma water to sprout and to make foliage like plantation
10 But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
and great man to die and to weaken and to die man and where? he
11 As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,
be gone water from sea and river to dry and to wither
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.
and man to lie down: lay down and not to arise: rise till lest heaven not to awake and not to rouse from sleep their
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)
who? to give: if only! in/on/with hell: Sheol to treasure me to hide me till to return: turn back face: anger your to set: appoint to/for me statute: portion and to 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 to die great man to live all day army: duty my to wait: wait till to come (in): come change my
15 You will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.
to call: call to and I to answer you to/for deed: work hand your to long
16 For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.
for now step my to recount not to keep: look at upon sin my
17 My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.
to seal in/on/with bundle transgression my and to smear upon iniquity: crime my
18 But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,
and but mountain: mount to fall: fall to wither and rock to proceed from place his
19 as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.
stone to beat water to overflow outpouring her dust land: soil and hope human to perish
20 You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.
to prevail him to/for perpetuity and to go: went to change face his and to send: depart him
21 If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.
to honor: honour son: child his and not to know and be little and not to understand to/for them
22 He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”
surely flesh his upon him to pain and soul: myself his upon him to mourn
