Job 14
14
Job Continues to Argue His Case with God
1“A human being born of a woman
is short of days and full of troubles.#Literally “trouble”
2Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away;
and he flees like a#Or “the” shadow, but#Hebrew “and” he does not last.
3Even on such a one you fix your eyes,
and you bring me into judgment with you.
4“Who can bring a clean thing from an unclean thing?
No one!#Or “Not one”
5If his days are determined, the number of his months is with you;
you have appointed his boundaries, and he cannot cross them.
6Look away from him, and let him desist
until he enjoys his days like a laborer.
7“Indeed, there is hope for a tree:
if it is cut down, then#Hebrew “and” it will sprout again,
and its new shoots will not cease;
8though its root grows old in the earth,
and its stump dies in the dust,
9at#Hebrew “from” the scent of water it will bud,
and it will put forth branches like a young plant.
10“But#Hebrew “And” a man dies, and he dwindles away;
thus#Hebrew “And” a human being passes away, and where is he?#Or “where is he then?”
11As water disappears from a lake,
and a river withers away and dries up,#Or “it dries up”
12so#Literally “and” a man lies down, and he does not arise.
Until the heavens are no more,#Literally “Until not heavens” they will not awaken,
and they will not be roused out of their sleep.
13“O that#Literally “Who shall give” you would conceal me in Sheol,
that you would hide me until your wrath is past,#Literally “until the return of your nose”
that you would appoint a set time for me and remember me.
14If a man dies, will he live again?
All the days of my compulsory service I will wait,
until the coming of my relief.
15You would call, and I myself#Emphatic personal pronoun would answer you;
you would long for the work of your hand.
16For then#Hebrew “now” you would count my steps,
but you would not keep watch over my sin.
17My transgression would be sealed in a bag,
and you would cover over my guilt.
18“But#Or “And but” a mountain falls; it crumbles away,
and a rock moves away from its place.
19Water wears away stones;
its torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
so#Hebrew “and” you destroy the hope of human beings.
20You overpower him forever, and he passes away;
you change his countenance,#Literally “his faces” then#Hebrew “and” you send him away.
21His children may come to honor, but#Hebrew “and” he does not know it;
or#Hebrew “and” they may become lowly, but#Hebrew “and” he does not realize it.#Or “them”
22He feels only the pain of his own body,#Hebrew “his body on him”
and his inner self#Or “soul” mourns for him.”#Or “for himself”
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Job 14
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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