Job 14
14
Job Continues: Death Comes Soon to All
1“Man who is #ch. 15:14; 25:4; Matt. 11:11 born of a woman
is #ch. 10:20; 16:22; Gen. 47:9; Ps. 39:5; 89:47 few of days and #See ch. 5:7full of trouble.
2He comes out like #Ps. 103:15; Isa. 40:6, 7; James 1:10; 1 Pet. 1:24 a flower and #Ps. 37:2; 90:6 withers;
he flees like #See ch. 8:9; 17:7; Ps. 109:23a shadow and continues not.
3And do you #[Ps. 8:4; 144:3] open your eyes on such a one
and #ch. 22:4; Ps. 143:2bring me into judgment with you?
4Who can bring #ch. 15:14; [Ps. 51:5; John 3:6]a clean thing out of an unclean?
There is not one.
5Since his #[ch. 7:1; Ps. 39:4] days are determined,
and #ch. 21:21the number of his months is with you,
and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass,
6 # ch. 7:19 look away from him and leave him alone,#14:6 Probable reading; Hebrew look away from him, that he may cease
that he may enjoy, like #ch. 7:1a hired hand, his day.
7“For there is hope for a tree,
if it be cut down, that it will sprout again,
and that its shoots will not cease.
8Though its root grow old in the earth,
and #Isa. 11:1its stump die in the soil,
9yet at the scent of water it will bud
and put out #[ch. 29:19]branches like a young plant.
10But a man dies and is laid low;
man breathes his last, and #ch. 29:7where is he?
11 #
Isa. 19:5
As waters fail from a lake
and a river wastes away and dries up,
12so a man lies down and rises not again;
till #Deut. 11:21; Ps. 89:29; [Ps. 72:5; Matt. 5:18] the heavens are no more he will not awake
or be #[John 11:11]roused out of his sleep.
13Oh that you would #[Ps. 27:5; 31:20] hide me in #See ch. 21:13 Sheol,
that you would #[Ps. 27:5; 31:20] conceal me #[Isa. 26:20]until your wrath be past,
that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
14If a man dies, shall he live again?
All the days of my #ch. 7:1 service I would #ch. 13:15wait,
till my renewal#14:14 Or relief should come.
15You would #ch. 13:22 call, and I would answer you;
you would long for the #See ch. 10:3work of your hands.
16For then you would #ch. 31:4; 34:21 number my steps;
you would not keep #[ch. 10:6]watch over my sin;
17my transgression would be #Deut. 32:34; [Hos. 13:12]sealed up in a bag,
and you would cover over my iniquity.
18“But the mountain falls and #Isa. 34:4 crumbles away,
and #ch. 18:4the rock is removed from its place;
19the waters wear away the stones;
the torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
so you destroy the hope of man.
20You prevail forever against him, and he passes;
you change his countenance, and send him away.
21His sons come to honor, and he #[Eccles. 9:5]does not know it;
they are brought low, and he perceives it not.
22He feels only the pain of his own body,
and he mourns only for himself.”
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Job 14
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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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