Job 14

1 man to beget woman short day and sated turmoil

“We humans are very frail. We live only a short time, and we experience a lot of trouble.

2 like/as flower to come out: issue and to languish and to flee like/as shadow and not to stand: stand

We disappear quickly, like flowers that grow from the ground quickly and then wither and die [SIM]. We are like shadows that disappear [when the sun stops shining].

3 also upon this to open eye your and [obj] me to come (in): bring in/on/with justice: judgement with you

[Yahweh, ] why do you keep watching me [to see if I am doing something that is wrong] [RHQ]? Are you wanting to take me to court to judge me?

4 who? to give: give pure from unclean not one

People are sinners from the time when they are born; who can cause them to be sinless? No one [RHQ]!

5 if to decide day his number month his with you (statute: allotment his *Q(K)*) to make and not to pass

You have decided how long our lives will be. You have decided how many months we will live, and we cannot live more months than the (limit/number of months) that you have decided.

6 to gaze from upon him and to cease till to accept like/as hired day his

So please stop examining us, and allow us to be alone, until/while we finish our time [here on earth], like a man finishes his work [at the end of the day].

7 for there to/for tree hope if to cut: cut and still to pass and shoot his not to cease

If someone cuts a tree down, we hope that it will sprout again and grow new branches.

8 if be old in/on/with land: soil root his and in/on/with dust to die stock his

Its roots in the ground may be very old, and its stump may decay,

9 from aroma water to sprout and to make foliage like plantation

but if some water falls on it, it may bud/sprout and send up shoots like a young plant.

10 and great man to die and to weaken and to die man and where? he

But when we people lose all our strength and die, we stop breathing and then we are gone [forever].

11 be gone water from sea and river to dry and to wither

Just like water evaporates from the ocean, or like a riverbed dries up,

12 and man to lie down: lay down and not to arise: rise till lest heaven not to awake and not to rouse from sleep their

people [lie down and die and] do not get up again. Until the heavens disappear, people who die [EUP] do not wake up, and no one can wake them up.

13 who? to give: if only! in/on/with hell: Sheol to treasure me to hide me till to return: turn back face: anger your to set: appoint to/for me statute: portion and to remember me (Sheol h7585)

[“Yahweh, ] I wish that you would put me safely in the place of the dead and forget about me until you are no longer angry with me. I wish that you would decide how much time I would spend there, and then remember [that] I [am there]. (Sheol h7585)

14 if to die great man to live all day army: duty my to wait: wait till to come (in): come change my

When we humans die, we will certainly not live again [RHQ]. If [I knew that] we would live again, I would wait patiently, and I would wait for you to release me [from my sufferings].

15 to call: call to and I to answer you to/for deed: work hand your to long

You would call me, and I would answer. You would be eager to see me, one of the creatures that you had made.

16 for now step my to recount not to keep: look at upon sin my

You would take care of [MET] me, instead of watching me to see if I would sin.

17 to seal in/on/with bundle transgression my and to smear upon iniquity: crime my

[It is as though the record of] my sins would be sealed in a small bag, and you would cover them up.

18 and but mountain: mount to fall: fall to wither and rock to proceed from place his

“But, just like mountains crumble and rocks fall down from a cliff,

19 stone to beat water to overflow outpouring her dust land: soil and hope human to perish

and just like water slowly wears away the stones, and just like floods wash away soil, [you eventually destroy us]; you do not allow us to continue to (hope/confidently expect) [that we will keep on living].

20 to prevail him to/for perpetuity and to go: went to change face his and to send: depart him

You always defeat us, and then we die [EUP]. You cause our faces to look ugly after we die, and you send us away.

21 to honor: honour son: child his and not to know and be little and not to understand to/for them

[When we die] we do not know if our sons will grow up and [do things that will cause them to] be honored. And if they become disgraced, we do not see that, [either].

22 surely flesh his upon him to pain and soul: myself his upon him to mourn

We will feel our own pains; we will not feel anything else; we will be sorry for ourselves, not for anyone else.”