Job 14

Job Speaks of the Finality of Death

1“Man, who is born of a woman,

Is short-lived and full of turmoil.

2Like a flower he comes forth and withers;

He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.

3You also open Your eyes upon him

And bring him into judgment with Yourself.

4Who can make a clean thing out of the unclean?

No one!

5Since his days are determined,

The number of his months is with You [in Your control],

And You have made his limits so he cannot pass [his allotted time].

6[O God] turn your gaze from him so that he may rest,

Until he fulfills his day [on earth] like a hired man.

7“For there is hope for a tree,

If it is cut down, that it will sprout again,

And that the shoots of it will not cease nor fail, [but there is no such hope for man].

8Though its roots grow old in the earth

And its stump dies in the dry soil,

9Yet at the scent of water [the stump of the tree] will flourish

And bring forth sprigs and shoots like a seedling.

10But [the brave, strong] man must die and lie face down;

Man breathes his last, and where is he?

11As water evaporates from the sea,

And a river drains and dries up,

12So man lies down and does not rise [again].

Until the heavens are no longer,

The dead will not awake nor be raised from their sleep.

13“Oh, that You would hide me in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),

That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,

That You would set a definite time and then remember me [and in Your lovingkindness imprint me on your heart]!

14If a man dies, will he live again?

I will wait all the days of my struggle

Until my change and release will come.

15[Then] You will call, and I will answer You;

You will long for [me] the work of Your hands.

16But now You number [each of] my steps;

You do not observe nor take note of my sin.

17My transgression is sealed up in a bag,

And You cover my wickedness [from Your view].

18“But as a mountain, if it falls, crumbles into nothing,

And as the rock is moved from its place,

19Water wears away the stones,

Its floods and torrents wash away the soil of the earth,

So You [O Lord] destroy the hope of man.

20You prevail forever against him and overpower him, and he passes on;

You change his appearance and send him away [from the presence of the living].

21His sons achieve honor, and he does not know it;

They become insignificant, and he is not aware of it.

22But his body [lamenting its decay] grieves in pain over it,

And his soul mourns over [the loss of] himself.”

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Job 14

1Man that is born of a woman

Is of few days, and full of trouble.

2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down:

He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one,

And bringest me into judgment with thee?

4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?

Not one.

5Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee,

Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

6Turn from him, that he may rest,

Till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

7For there is hope of a tree,

If it be cut down, that it will sprout again,

And that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

8Though the root thereof wax old in the earth,

And the stock thereof die in the ground;

9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud,

And bring forth boughs like a plant.

10But man dieth, and wasteth away:

Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

11 As the waters fail from the sea,

And the flood decayeth and drieth up:

12So man lieth down, and riseth not:

Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake,

Nor be raised out of their sleep.

13O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave,

That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past,

That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

14If a man die, shall he live again?

All the days of my appointed time will I wait,

Till my change come.

15Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee:

Thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

16For now thou numberest my steps:

Dost thou not watch over my sin?

17My transgression is sealed up in a bag,

And thou sewest up mine iniquity.

18And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought,

And the rock is removed out of his place.

19The waters wear the stones:

Thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth;

And thou destroyest the hope of man.

20Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth:

Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

21His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not;

And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

22But his flesh upon him shall have pain,

And his soul within him shall mourn.

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