Job 14
1 Man that is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble:
Man born of a woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries.
2 As a flower, he cometh forth—and fadeth, He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Who cometh forth like a flower, and is destroyed, and fleeth as a shadow, and never continueth in the same state.
3 And yet upon such a one as this, hast thou opened thine eye? And, him, wouldst thou bring into judgment with thee?
And dost thou think it meet to open thy eyes upon such an one, and to bring him into judgment with thee?
4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one!
Who can make him clean that is conceived of unclean seed? is it not thou who only art?
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.
The days of man are short, and the number of his months is with thee: thou hast appointed his bounds which cannot be passed.
6 Look sway from him, that he may rest, Till he shall pay off, as a hireling, his day.
Depart a little from him, that he may rest, until his wished for day come, as that of the 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;
A tree hath hope: if it be cut, it groweth green again, and the boughs thereof sprout.
8 If its root, should become old in the earth, and, in the dust, its stock should die:
If its root be old in the earth, and its stock be dead in the dust:
9 Through the scent of water, it may break forth, and produce branches like a sapling,
At the scent of water, it shall spring, and bring forth leaves, as when it was first planted.
10 Yet, man, dieth, and is prostrate, Yea the son of earth doth cease to breathe, and where is he?
But man when he shall be dead, and stripped and consumed, I pray you where is he?
11 Waters, have failed from, the sea, and, a river, may waste and dry up;
As if the waters should depart out of the sea, and an emptied river should be 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.
So man when he is fallen asleep shall not rise again; till the heavens be broken, he shall not awake, nor rise up out of his 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)
Who will grant me this, that thou mayst protect me in hell, and hide me till thy wrath pass, and appoint me a. time when thou wilt 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: —
Shall man that is dead, thinkest thou, live again? all the days in which I am now in warfare, I expect until my change come.
15 Thou shouldst call, and, I, would answer thee, —For the work of thine own hand, thou shouldst long.
Thou shalt call me, and I will answer thee: to the work of thy hands thou shalt reach out thy right hand.
16 For, now, my steps, thou countest, Thou wilt not pass over my sin:
Thou indeed hast numbered my steps, but spare my sins.
17 Sealed up in a bag, is my transgression, and thou hast glued over mine iniquity.
Thou hast sealed up my offences as it were in a bag, but hast cured my iniquity.
18 But, in very deed, a mountain falling, will lie prostrate, or, a rock moved out of its place:
A mountain falling cometh to nought, and a rock is removed 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:
Waters wear away the stones, and with inundation the ground by little and little is washed away: so in like manner thou shalt destroy man.
20 Thou dost overpower him utterly, and he departeth, Disfiguring his face, so, hast thou sent him away.
Thou hast strengthened him for a little while, that he may pass away for ever: thou shalt change his face, and shalt send 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.
Whether his children come to honour or dishonour, he shall not understand.
22 But, his flesh, for himself, is in pain, and, his soul, for himself, doth mourn.
But yet his flesh, while he shall live, shall have pain, and his soul shall mourn over him.
