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