Job 14
1 MAN that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
Man born of a woman is short of days, and sated with harrowing trouble.
2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Like a flower he cometh forth, and is cut down: and he fleeth like a shadow, and remaineth not.
3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
And yet on such a one dost thou open thy eyes, and me thou bringest into judgment with thee?
4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
Who can make a clean thing out of an unclean? not one [thing].
5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
Seeing that his days are determined, the number of his months are [fixed] with thee, that thou hast set his bounds which he cannot pass:
6 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
Turn thyself from him that he may recover from his pain, and be able to enjoy like a hired laborer his day.
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.
For there is hope for the tree: if it be cut down, it may still sprout again, while its young shoot will not cease.
8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
If even its root become old in the earth, and its stock die in the dust:
9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Yet through the scent of water will it flourish [again], and produce boughs as though It were newly planted.
10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
But man dieth, and lieth powerless: yea, the son of earth departeth—and where is he?
11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
The waters run off from the sea, and the river faileth and drieth up:
12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
So doth man lie down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they will not awake, and will not be roused out of their sleep.
13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! (Sheol h7585)
Oh who would grant that thou mightest hide me in the nether world, that thou mightest conceal me, until thy wrath be appeased, that thou mightest set for me a fixed time, and remember me then! (Sheol h7585)
14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
Or, when a man dieth, will he live again? all the days of my time of service would I then wait, till [the hour of] my release were come.
15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
Do thou call, and I will truly answer thee: have a desire for the work of thy hands.
16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
Yet now thou numberest my steps: and thou waitest not with [the punishment of] my sin.
17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
Sealed up in a bag is my transgression, and thou yet addest to my iniquity.
18 And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
But truly a falling mountain will crumble, and [even] a rock is moved out of its place.
19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
The water weareth out stones; thou sweepest away their fragments [like] the dust of the earth: and so thou destroyest the hope of man.
20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
Thou assailest him with might without ceasing, till he passeth away: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him off.
21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
His children acquire honor, but he knoweth it not: and they are esteemed little, but he perceiveth nothing of them.
22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
But his body. on him, feeleth pain, and his soul will mourn for him.
