Job 14

1 Man that is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble:

For a mortal born of a woman [is] short lived, and full of wrath.

2 As a flower, he cometh forth—and fadeth, He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

Or he falls like a flower that has bloomed; and he departs like a shadow, and cannot continue.

3 And yet upon such a one as this, hast thou opened thine eye? And, him, wouldst thou bring into judgment with thee?

Hast thou not taken account even of him, and caused him to enter into judgment before thee?

4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one!

For who shall be pure from uncleanness? not even one;

5 If determined am his days, the number of his months, is with thee, Fixed times for him, thou hast appointed and he cannot go beyond.

if even his life should be [but] one day upon the earth: and his months are numbered by him: thou hast appointed [him] for a time, and he shall by no means exceed [it].

6 Look sway from him, that he may rest, Till he shall pay off, as a hireling, his day.

Depart from him, that he may be quiet, and take pleasure in his life, [though] as a hireling.

7 Though there is—for a tree—hope, —if it should be cut down, that, again, it will grow, and, the tender branch thereof, will not cease;

For there is hope for a tree, even if it should be cut down, [that] it shall blossom again, and its branch shall not fail.

8 If its root, should become old in the earth, and, in the dust, its stock should die:

For though its root should grow old in the earth, and its stem die in the rock;

9 Through the scent of water, it may break forth, and produce branches like a sapling,

it will blossom from the scent of water, and will produce a crop, as one newly planted.

10 Yet, man, dieth, and is prostrate, Yea the son of earth doth cease to breathe, and where is he?

But a man that has died is utterly gone; and when a mortal has fallen, he is no more.

11 Waters, have failed from, the sea, and, a river, may waste and dry up;

For the sea wastes in [length of] time, and a river fails and is dried up.

12 So, a man, hath lain down, and shall not arise, until there are no heavens, they shall not awake, nor be roused up out of their sleep.

And man that has lain down [in death] shall certainly not rise again till the heaven be dissolved, and they shall not awake from their sleep.

13 Oh that, in hades, thou wouldst hide me! that thou wouldst keep me secret, until the turn of thine anger, that thou wouldst set for me a fixed time, and remember me: (Sheol h7585)

For oh that thou hadst kept me in the grave, and hadst hidden me until thy wrath should cease, and thou shouldest set me a time in which thou wouldest remember me! (Sheol h7585)

14 If a man die, can he live again? All the days of my warfare, would I wait, until my relief should come: —

For if a man should die, shall he live [again], having accomplished the days of his life? I will wait till I exist again?

15 Thou shouldst call, and, I, would answer thee, —For the work of thine own hand, thou shouldst long.

Then shalt thou call, and I will hearken to thee: but do not thou reject the work of thine hands.

16 For, now, my steps, thou countest, Thou wilt not pass over my sin:

But thou hast numbered my devices: and not one of my sins shall escape thee?

17 Sealed up in a bag, is my transgression, and thou hast glued over mine iniquity.

An thou hast sealed up my transgressions in a bag, and marked if I have been guilty of any transgression unawares.

18 But, in very deed, a mountain falling, will lie prostrate, or, a rock moved out of its place:

And verily a mountain falling will utterly be destroyed, and a rock shall be worn out of its place.

19 Stones, have been hollowed out by waters, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth, and, the hope of mortal man, thou hast destroyed:

The waters wear the stones, and waters falling headlong [overflow] a heap of the earth: and thou destroyest the hope of man.

20 Thou dost overpower him utterly, and he departeth, Disfiguring his face, so, hast thou sent him away.

Thou drivest him to an end, and he is gone: thou settest thy face against him, and sendest him away;

21 His sons, come to honour, and he knoweth it not, Or they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not of them.

and though his children be multiplied, he knows [it] not; and if they be few, he is not aware.

22 But, his flesh, for himself, is in pain, and, his soul, for himself, doth mourn.

But his flesh is in pain, and his soul mourns.