Job 14

1 Man that is borne of woman, is of short continuance, and full of trouble.

For a mortal born of a woman [is] short lived, and full of wrath.

2 He shooteth foorth as a flowre, and is cut downe: he vanisheth also as a shadowe, and continueth not.

Or he falls like a flower that has bloomed; and he departs like a shadow, and cannot continue.

3 And yet thou openest thine eyes vpon such one, and causest me to enter into iudgement with thee.

Hast thou not taken account even of him, and caused him to enter into judgment before thee?

4 Who can bring a cleane thing out of filthinesse? there is not one.

For who shall be pure from uncleanness? not even one;

5 Are not his dayes determined? the nober of his moneths are with thee: thou hast appointed his boundes, which he can not passe.

if even his life should be [but] one day upon the earth: and his months are numbered by him: thou hast appointed [him] for a time, and he shall by no means exceed [it].

6 Turne from him that he may cease vntill his desired day, as an hyreling.

Depart from him, that he may be quiet, and take pleasure in his life, [though] as a hireling.

7 For there is hope of a tree, if it bee cut downe, that it will yet sproute, and the branches thereof will not cease.

For there is hope for a tree, even if it should be cut down, [that] it shall blossom again, and its branch shall not fail.

8 Though the roote of it waxe olde in the earth, and the stocke thereof be dead in ye ground,

For though its root should grow old in the earth, and its stem die in the rock;

9 Yet by the sent of water it will bud, and bring foorth boughes like a plant.

it will blossom from the scent of water, and will produce a crop, as one newly planted.

10 But man is sicke, and dyeth, and man perisheth, and where is he?

But a man that has died is utterly gone; and when a mortal has fallen, he is no more.

11 As the waters passe from the sea, and as the flood decayeth and dryeth vp,

For the sea wastes in [length of] time, and a river fails and is dried up.

12 So man sleepeth and riseth not: for hee shall not wake againe, nor be raised from his sleepe till the heauen be no more.

And man that has lain down [in death] shall certainly not rise again till the heaven be dissolved, and they shall not awake from their sleep.

13 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)

For oh that thou hadst kept me in the grave, and hadst hidden me until thy wrath should cease, and thou shouldest set me a time in which thou wouldest remember me! (Sheol h7585)

14 If a man die, shall he liue againe? All the dayes of mine appointed time will I waite, till my changing shall come.

For if a man should die, shall he live [again], having accomplished the days of his life? I will wait till I exist again?

15 Thou shalt call me, and I shall answere thee: thou louest the worke of thine own hands.

Then shalt thou call, and I will hearken to thee: but do not thou reject the work of thine hands.

16 But nowe thou nombrest my steppes, and doest not delay my sinnes.

But thou hast numbered my devices: and not one of my sins shall escape thee?

17 Mine iniquitie is sealed vp, as in a bagge, and thou addest vnto my wickednesse.

An thou hast sealed up my transgressions in a bag, and marked if I have been guilty of any transgression unawares.

18 And surely as the mountaine that falleth, commeth to nought, and the rocke that is remooued from his place:

And verily a mountain falling will utterly be destroyed, and a rock shall be worn out of its place.

19 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.

The waters wear the stones, and waters falling headlong [overflow] a heap of the earth: and thou destroyest the hope of man.

20 Thou preuailest alway against him, so that he passeth away: he changeth his face when thou castest him away.

Thou drivest him to an end, and he is gone: thou settest thy face against him, and sendest him away;

21 And he knoweth not if his sonnes shall be honourable, neither shall he vnderstand concerning them, whether they shalbe of lowe degree,

and though his children be multiplied, he knows [it] not; and if they be few, he is not aware.

22 But while his flesh is vpon him, he shall be sorowfull, and while his soule is in him, it shall mourne.

But his flesh is in pain, and his soul mourns.