Job 14
1 Man that is borne of woman, is of short continuance, and full of trouble.
Man born of a woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries.
2 He shooteth foorth as a flowre, and is cut downe: he vanisheth also as a shadowe, and continueth not.
Who cometh forth like a flower, and is destroyed, and fleeth as a shadow, and never continueth in the same state.
3 And yet thou openest thine eyes vpon such one, and causest me to enter into iudgement with thee.
And dost thou think it meet to open thy eyes upon such an one, and to bring him into judgment with thee?
4 Who can bring a cleane thing out of filthinesse? there is not one.
Who can make him clean that is conceived of unclean seed? is it not thou who only art?
5 Are not his dayes determined? the nober of his moneths are with thee: thou hast appointed his boundes, which he can not passe.
The days of man are short, and the number of his months is with thee: thou hast appointed his bounds which cannot be passed.
6 Turne from him that he may cease vntill his desired day, as an hyreling.
Depart a little from him, that he may rest, until his wished for day come, as that of the 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.
A tree hath hope: if it be cut, it groweth green again, and the boughs thereof sprout.
8 Though the roote of it waxe olde in the earth, and the stocke thereof be dead in ye ground,
If its root be old in the earth, and its stock be dead in the dust:
9 Yet by the sent of water it will bud, and bring foorth boughes like a plant.
At the scent of water, it shall spring, and bring forth leaves, as when it was first planted.
10 But man is sicke, and dyeth, and man perisheth, and where is he?
But man when he shall be dead, and stripped and consumed, I pray you where is he?
11 As the waters passe from the sea, and as the flood decayeth and dryeth vp,
As if the waters should depart out of the sea, and an emptied river should be 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.
So man when he is fallen asleep shall not rise again; till the heavens be broken, he shall not awake, nor rise up out of his 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)
Who will grant me this, that thou mayst protect me in hell, and hide me till thy wrath pass, and appoint me a. time when thou wilt 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.
Shall man that is dead, thinkest thou, live again? all the days in which I am now in warfare, I expect until my change come.
15 Thou shalt call me, and I shall answere thee: thou louest the worke of thine own hands.
Thou shalt call me, and I will answer thee: to the work of thy hands thou shalt reach out thy right hand.
16 But nowe thou nombrest my steppes, and doest not delay my sinnes.
Thou indeed hast numbered my steps, but spare my sins.
17 Mine iniquitie is sealed vp, as in a bagge, and thou addest vnto my wickednesse.
Thou hast sealed up my offences as it were in a bag, but hast cured my iniquity.
18 And surely as the mountaine that falleth, commeth to nought, and the rocke that is remooued from his place:
A mountain falling cometh to nought, and a rock is removed 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.
Waters wear away the stones, and with inundation the ground by little and little is washed away: so in like manner thou shalt destroy man.
20 Thou preuailest alway against him, so that he passeth away: he changeth his face when thou castest him away.
Thou hast strengthened him for a little while, that he may pass away for ever: thou shalt change his face, and shalt send 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,
Whether his children come to honour or dishonour, he shall not understand.
22 But while his flesh is vpon him, he shall be sorowfull, and while his soule is in him, it shall mourne.
But yet his flesh, while he shall live, shall have pain, and his soul shall mourn over him.
