Job 14
1 Man that is borne of woman, is of short continuance, and full of trouble.
Life is short and full of trouble,
2 He shooteth foorth as a flowre, and is cut downe: he vanisheth also as a shadowe, and continueth not.
like a flower that blooms and withers, like a passing shadow that soon disappears.
3 And yet thou openest thine eyes vpon such one, and causest me to enter into iudgement with thee.
Do you even notice me, God, and why do you have to drag me to court?
4 Who can bring a cleane thing out of filthinesse? there is not one.
Who can bring something clean of what is unclean? No 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.
You have determined how long we shall live—the number of months, a time limit on our lives.
6 Turne from him that he may cease vntill his desired day, as an hyreling.
So leave us alone and give us some peace—so like a laborer we could enjoy a few hours of rest at the end of the day.
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.
Even a tree that's cut down has the hope of sprouting again, of sending up shoots and continuing to live.
8 Though the roote of it waxe olde in the earth, and the stocke thereof be dead in ye ground,
Even though its roots grow old in the earth, and its stump dies in the ground,
9 Yet by the sent of water it will bud, and bring foorth boughes like a plant.
just a trickle of water will make it bud and grow branches like a young plant.
10 But man is sicke, and dyeth, and man perisheth, and where is he?
But human beings die, their strength dwindles away; they perish, and where are they then?
11 As the waters passe from the sea, and as the flood decayeth and dryeth vp,
Like water evaporating from a lake and a river that dries up and disappears,
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 human beings lie down and don't get up again. Until the heavens cease to exist they will 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)
I wish you would hide me in Sheol; conceal me there until your anger is gone. Set a definite time for me there, and 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.
Will the dead live again? Then I would have hope through all my time of trouble until my release comes.
15 Thou shalt call me, and I shall answere thee: thou louest the worke of thine own hands.
You would call and I would answer you; you would long for me, the being that you made.
16 But nowe thou nombrest my steppes, and doest not delay my sinnes.
Then you would look after me and wouldn't be watching me to see if I sinned.
17 Mine iniquitie is sealed vp, as in a bagge, and thou addest vnto my wickednesse.
My sins would be sealed up in a bag and you would cover my guilt.
18 And surely as the mountaine that falleth, commeth to nought, and the rocke that is remooued from his place:
But just as the mountains crumble and fall, and the rocks tumble down;
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.
as water wears away the stones, as floods wash away the soil, so you destroy the hope people have.
20 Thou preuailest alway against him, so that he passeth away: he changeth his face when thou castest him away.
You continually overpower them and they pass away; you distort their faces in death and send them away.
21 And he knoweth not if his sonnes shall be honourable, neither shall he vnderstand concerning them, whether they shalbe of lowe degree,
Their children may become important or fall from their positions, but they don't know or see any of this.
22 But while his flesh is vpon him, he shall be sorowfull, and while his soule is in him, it shall mourne.
As people die they only know their own pain and are sad for themselves.”
