Job 14
1 Man born of a woman is short of days, and sated with harrowing trouble.
| אָדָם יְלוּד אִשָּׁה קְצַר יָמִים וּֽשְׂבַֽע־רֹֽגֶז׃ |
2 Like a flower he cometh forth, and is cut down: and he fleeth like a shadow, and remaineth not.
| כְּצִיץ יָצָא וַיִּמָּל וַיִּבְרַח כַּצֵּל וְלֹא יַעֲמֽוֹד׃ |
3 And yet on such a one dost thou open thy eyes, and me thou bringest into judgment with thee?
| אַף־עַל־זֶה פָּקַחְתָּ עֵינֶךָ וְאֹתִי תָבִיא בְמִשְׁפָּט עִמָּֽךְ׃ |
4 Who can make a clean thing out of an unclean? not one [thing].
| מִֽי־יִתֵּן טָהוֹר מִטָּמֵא לֹא אֶחָֽד׃ |
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:
| אִם חֲרוּצִים ׀ יָמָיו מִֽסְפַּר־חֳדָשָׁיו אִתָּךְ חקו חֻקָּיו עָשִׂיתָ וְלֹא יַעֲבֽוֹר׃ |
6 Turn thyself from him that he may recover from his pain, and be able to enjoy like a hired laborer his day.
| שְׁעֵה מֵעָלָיו וְיֶחְדָּל עַד־יִרְצֶה כְּשָׂכִיר יוֹמֽוֹ׃ |
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.
| כִּי יֵשׁ לָעֵץ תִּקְוָה אִֽם־יִכָּרֵת וְעוֹד יַחֲלִיף וְיֹֽנַקְתּוֹ לֹא תֶחְדָּֽל׃ |
8 If even its root become old in the earth, and its stock die in the dust:
| אִם־יַזְקִין בָּאָרֶץ שָׁרְשׁוֹ וּבֶעָפָר יָמוּת גִּזְעֽוֹ׃ |
9 Yet through the scent of water will it flourish [again], and produce boughs as though It were newly planted.
| מֵרֵיחַ מַיִם יַפְרִחַ וְעָשָׂה קָצִיר כְּמוֹ־נָֽטַע׃ |
10 But man dieth, and lieth powerless: yea, the son of earth departeth—and where is he?
| וְגֶבֶר יָמוּת וַֽיֶּחֱלָשׁ וַיִּגְוַע אָדָם וְאַיּֽוֹ׃ |
11 The waters run off from the sea, and the river faileth and drieth up:
| אָֽזְלוּ־מַיִם מִנִּי־יָם וְנָהָר יֶחֱרַב וְיָבֵֽשׁ׃ |
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.
| וְאִישׁ שָׁכַב וְֽלֹא־יָקוּם עַד־בִּלְתִּי שָׁמַיִם לֹא יָקִיצוּ וְלֹֽא־יֵעֹרוּ מִשְּׁנָתָֽם׃ |
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)
| מִי יִתֵּן ׀ בִּשְׁאוֹל תַּצְפִּנֵנִי תַּסְתִּירֵנִי עַד־שׁוּב אַפֶּךָ תָּשִׁית לִי חֹק וְתִזְכְּרֵֽנִי׃ (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.
| אִם־יָמוּת גֶּבֶר הֲיִחְיֶה כָּל־יְמֵי צְבָאִי אֲיַחֵל עַד־בּוֹא חֲלִיפָתִֽי׃ |
15 Do thou call, and I will truly answer thee: have a desire for the work of thy hands.
| תִּקְרָא וְאָנֹכִי אֶֽעֱנֶךָּ לְֽמַעֲשֵׂה יָדֶיךָ תִכְסֹֽף׃ |
16 Yet now thou numberest my steps: and thou waitest not with [the punishment of] my sin.
| כִּֽי־עַתָּה צְעָדַי תִּסְפּוֹר לֹֽא־תִשְׁמוֹר עַל־חַטָּאתִֽי׃ |
17 Sealed up in a bag is my transgression, and thou yet addest to my iniquity.
| חָתֻם בִּצְרוֹר פִּשְׁעִי וַתִּטְפֹּל עַל־עֲוֺנִֽי׃ |
18 But truly a falling mountain will crumble, and [even] a rock is moved out of its place.
| וְאוּלָם הַר־נוֹפֵל יִבּוֹל וְצוּר יֶעְתַּק מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃ |
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.
| אֲבָנִים ׀ שָׁחֲקוּ מַיִם תִּשְׁטֹֽף־סְפִיחֶיהָ עֲפַר־אָרֶץ וְתִקְוַת אֱנוֹשׁ הֶאֱבַֽדְתָּ׃ |
20 Thou assailest him with might without ceasing, till he passeth away: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him off.
| תִּתְקְפֵהוּ לָנֶצַח וַֽיַּהֲלֹךְ מְשַׁנֶּה פָנָיו וַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵֽהוּ׃ |
21 His children acquire honor, but he knoweth it not: and they are esteemed little, but he perceiveth nothing of them.
| יִכְבְּדוּ בָנָיו וְלֹא יֵדָע וְיִצְעֲרוּ וְֽלֹא־יָבִין לָֽמוֹ׃ |
22 But his body. on him, feeleth pain, and his soul will mourn for him.
| אַךְ־בְּשָׂרוֹ עָלָיו יִכְאָב וְנַפְשׁוֹ עָלָיו תֶּאֱבָֽל׃ |
