Job 14
1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
Homo natus de muliere, brevi vivens tempore, repletur multis miseriis.
2 He cometh forth like a flower, and withereth; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Qui quasi flos egreditur et conteritur, et fugit velut umbra, et numquam in eodem statu permanet.
3 And dost Thou open Thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with Thee?
Et dignum ducis super hujuscemodi aperire oculos tuos, et adducere eum tecum in judicium?
4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
Quis potest facere mundum de immundo conceptum semine? nonne tu qui solus es?
5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with Thee, and Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
Breves dies hominis sunt: numerus mensium ejus apud te est: constituisti terminos ejus, qui præteriri non poterunt.
6 Look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
Recede paululum ab eo, ut quiescat, donec optata veniat, sicut mercenarii, dies ejus.
7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
Lignum habet spem: si præcisum fuerit, rursum virescit, et rami ejus pullulant.
8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
Si senuerit in terra radix ejus, et in pulvere emortuus fuerit truncus illius,
9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant.
ad odorem aquæ germinabit, et faciet comam, quasi cum primum plantatum est.
10 But man dieth, and lieth low; yea, man perisheth, and where is he?
Homo vero cum mortuus fuerit, et nudatus, atque consumptus, ubi, quæso, est?
11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the river is drained dry;
Quomodo si recedant aquæ de mari, et fluvius vacuefactus arescat:
12 So man lieth down and riseth not; till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.
sic homo, cum dormierit, non resurget: donec atteratur cælum, non evigilabit, nec consurget de somno suo.
13 Oh that Thou wouldest hide me in the nether-world, that Thou wouldest keep me secret, until Thy wrath be past, that Thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! — (Sheol h7585)
Quis mihi hoc tribuat, ut in inferno protegas me, et abscondas me donec pertranseat furor tuus, et constituas mihi tempus in quo recorderis mei? (Sheol h7585)
14 If a man die, may he live again? All the days of my service would I wait, till my relief should come —
Putasne mortuus homo rursum vivat? cunctis diebus quibus nunc milito, expecto donec veniat immutatio mea.
15 Thou wouldest call, and I would answer Thee; Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of Thy hands.
Vocabis me, et ego respondebo tibi: operi manuum tuarum porriges dexteram.
16 But now Thou numberest my steps, Thou dost not even wait for my sin;
Tu quidem gressus meos dinumerasti: sed parce peccatis meis.
17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and Thou heapest up mine iniquity.
Signasti quasi in sacculo delicta mea, sed curasti iniquitatem meam.
18 And surely the mountain falling crumbleth away, and the rock is removed out of its place;
Mons cadens defluit, et saxum transfertur de loco suo:
19 The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth; so Thou destroyest the hope of man.
lapides excavant aquæ, et alluvione paulatim terra consumitur: et hominem ergo similiter perdes.
20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
Roborasti eum paululum, ut in perpetuum transiret: immutabis faciem ejus, et emittes eum.
21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he regardeth them not.
Sive nobiles fuerint filii ejus, sive ignobiles, non intelliget.
22 But his flesh grieveth for him, and his soul mourneth over him.
Attamen caro ejus, dum vivet, dolebit, et anima illius super semetipso lugebit.
