< Job 14 >
1 man to beget woman short day and sated turmoil
Man, born of woman! Of few days, and full of trouble!
2 like/as flower to come out: issue and to languish and to flee like/as shadow and not to stand: stand
As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.
3 also upon this to open eye your and [obj] me to come (in): bring in/on/with justice: judgement with you
Also — on this Thou hast opened Thine eyes, And dost bring me into judgment with Thee.
4 who? to give: give pure from unclean not one
Who giveth a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
5 if to decide day his number month his with you (statute: allotment his *Q(K)*) to make and not to pass
If determined are his days, The number of his months [are] with Thee, His limit Thou hast made, And he passeth not over;
6 to gaze from upon him and to cease till to accept like/as hired day his
Look away from off him that he may cease, Till he enjoy as an hireling his day.
7 for there to/for tree hope if to cut: cut and still to pass and shoot his not to cease
For there is of a tree hope, if it be cut down, That again it doth change, That its tender branch doth not cease.
8 if be old in/on/with land: soil root his and in/on/with dust to die stock his
If its root becometh old in the earth, And its stem doth die in the dust,
9 from aroma water to sprout and to make foliage like plantation
From the fragrance of water it doth flourish, And hath made a crop as a plant.
10 and great man to die and to weaken and to die man and where? he
And a man dieth, and becometh weak, And man expireth, and where [is] he?
11 be gone water from sea and river to dry and to wither
Waters have gone away from a sea, And a river becometh waste and dry.
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
And man hath lain down, and riseth not, Till the wearing out of the heavens they awake not, Nor are roused from their sleep.
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 )
O that in Sheol Thou wouldest conceal me, Hide me till the turning of Thine anger, Set for me a limit, and remember me. (Sheol )
14 if to die great man to live all day army: duty my to wait: wait till to come (in): come change my
If a man dieth — doth he revive? All days of my warfare I wait, till my change come.
15 to call: call to and I to answer you to/for deed: work hand your to long
Thou dost call, and I — I answer Thee; To the work of Thy hands Thou hast desire.
16 for now step my to recount not to keep: look at upon sin my
But now, my steps Thou numberest, Thou dost not watch over my sin.
17 to seal in/on/with bundle transgression my and to smear upon iniquity: crime my
Sealed up in a bag [is] my transgression, And Thou sewest up mine iniquity.
18 and but mountain: mount to fall: fall to wither and rock to proceed from place his
And yet, a falling mountain wasteth away, And a rock is removed from its place.
19 stone to beat water to overflow outpouring her dust land: soil and hope human to perish
Stones have waters worn away, Their outpourings wash away the dust of earth, And the hope of man Thou hast destroyed.
20 to prevail him to/for perpetuity and to go: went to change face his and to send: depart him
Thou prevailest [over] him for ever, and he goeth, He is changing his countenance, And Thou sendest him away.
21 to honor: honour son: child his and not to know and be little and not to understand to/for them
Honoured are his sons, and he knoweth not; And they are little, and he attendeth not to them.
22 surely flesh his upon him to pain and soul: myself his upon him to mourn
Only — his flesh for him is pained, And his soul for him doth mourn.'