Job 14
1 Man that is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble:
Man, who is born of woman, lives only a few days and is full of trouble.
2 As a flower, he cometh forth—and fadeth, He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
He sprouts from the ground like a flower and is cut down; he flees like a shadow and does not last.
3 And yet upon such a one as this, hast thou opened thine eye? And, him, wouldst thou bring into judgment with thee?
Do you look at any of these? Do you bring me into judgment with you?
4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one!
Who can bring something clean out of something unclean? No 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.
Man's days are determined. The number of his months is with you; you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass.
6 Look sway from him, that he may rest, Till he shall pay off, as a hireling, his day.
Look away from him that he may rest, so that he may enjoy his day like a hired man if he can do so.
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;
There can be hope for a tree; if it is cut down, it might sprout again, so that its tender stalk does not disappear.
8 If its root, should become old in the earth, and, in the dust, its stock should die:
Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stump dies in the ground,
9 Through the scent of water, it may break forth, and produce branches like a sapling,
yet even if it only smells water, it will bud and send out branches 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 dies; he becomes weak; indeed, man stops breathing, and then where is he?
11 Waters, have failed from, the sea, and, a river, may waste and dry up;
As water disappears from a lake, and as a river loses water and dries 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 people lie down and do not rise again. Until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor be roused out of 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)
Oh, that you would hide me away in Sheol away from troubles, and that you would keep me in private until your wrath is over, that you would set me a fixed time to stay there and then call me to mind! (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 dies, will he live again? If so, I would wish to wait all my weary time there until my release should come.
15 Thou shouldst call, and, I, would answer thee, —For the work of thine own hand, thou shouldst long.
You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire for the work of your hands.
16 For, now, my steps, thou countest, Thou wilt not pass over my sin:
You would number and care for my footsteps; you would not keep track of my sin.
17 Sealed up in a bag, is my transgression, and thou hast glued over mine iniquity.
My transgression would be sealed up in a bag; you would cover up my iniquity.
18 But, in very deed, a mountain falling, will lie prostrate, or, a rock moved out of its place:
But even mountains fall and come to nothing; even rocks are moved out of their 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 down the stones; their flooding washes away the dust of the earth. Like this, you destroy the hope of man.
20 Thou dost overpower him utterly, and he departeth, Disfiguring his face, so, hast thou sent him away.
You always defeat him, and he passes away; you change his face and send him away to die.
21 His sons, come to honour, and he knoweth it not, Or they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not of them.
If his sons are honored, he does not know it; and if they are brought low, he does not see it.
22 But, his flesh, for himself, is in pain, and, his soul, for himself, doth mourn.
He feels only the pain of his own body, and he mourns for himself.
