Job 14
1 Man that is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble:
Man that is borne of woman, is of short continuance, and full of trouble.
2 As a flower, he cometh forth—and fadeth, He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
He shooteth foorth as a flowre, and is cut downe: he vanisheth also as a shadowe, and continueth not.
3 And yet upon such a one as this, hast thou opened thine eye? And, him, wouldst thou bring into judgment with thee?
And yet thou openest thine eyes vpon such one, and causest me to enter into iudgement with thee.
4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one!
Who can bring a cleane thing out of filthinesse? there is not 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.
Are not his dayes determined? the nober of his moneths are with thee: thou hast appointed his boundes, which he can not passe.
6 Look sway from him, that he may rest, Till he shall pay off, as a hireling, his day.
Turne from him that he may cease vntill his desired day, as an hyreling.
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 of a tree, if it bee cut downe, that it will yet sproute, and the branches thereof will not cease.
8 If its root, should become old in the earth, and, in the dust, its stock should die:
Though the roote of it waxe olde in the earth, and the stocke thereof be dead in ye ground,
9 Through the scent of water, it may break forth, and produce branches like a sapling,
Yet by the sent of water it will bud, and bring foorth boughes like a plant.
10 Yet, man, dieth, and is prostrate, Yea the son of earth doth cease to breathe, and where is he?
But man is sicke, and dyeth, and man perisheth, and where is he?
11 Waters, have failed from, the sea, and, a river, may waste and dry up;
As the waters passe from the sea, and as the flood decayeth and dryeth vp,
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 sleepeth and riseth not: for hee shall not wake againe, nor be raised from his sleepe till the heauen be no more.
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)
Oh that thou wouldest hide me in the graue, and keepe me secret, vntill thy wrath were past, and wouldest giue me terme, and 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: —
If a man die, shall he liue againe? All the dayes of mine appointed time will I waite, till my changing shall 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 shall answere thee: thou louest the worke of thine own hands.
16 For, now, my steps, thou countest, Thou wilt not pass over my sin:
But nowe thou nombrest my steppes, and doest not delay my sinnes.
17 Sealed up in a bag, is my transgression, and thou hast glued over mine iniquity.
Mine iniquitie is sealed vp, as in a bagge, and thou addest vnto my wickednesse.
18 But, in very deed, a mountain falling, will lie prostrate, or, a rock moved out of its place:
And surely as the mountaine that falleth, commeth to nought, and the rocke that is remooued from his 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:
As the water breaketh the stones, when thou ouerflowest the things which growe in the dust of ye earth: so thou destroyest ye hope of man.
20 Thou dost overpower him utterly, and he departeth, Disfiguring his face, so, hast thou sent him away.
Thou preuailest alway against him, so that he passeth away: he changeth his face when thou castest 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 he knoweth not if his sonnes shall be honourable, neither shall he vnderstand concerning them, whether they shalbe of lowe degree,
22 But, his flesh, for himself, is in pain, and, his soul, for himself, doth mourn.
But while his flesh is vpon him, he shall be sorowfull, and while his soule is in him, it shall mourne.
