Job 14

1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

For a mortal born of a woman [is] short lived, and full of wrath.

2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

Or he falls like a flower that has bloomed; and he departs like a shadow, and cannot continue.

3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

Hast thou not taken account even of him, and caused him to enter into judgment before thee?

4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

For who shall be pure from uncleanness? not even one;

5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with thee, and thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

if even his life should be [but] one day upon the earth: and his months are numbered by him: thou hast appointed [him] for a time, and he shall by no means exceed [it].

6 Look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

Depart from him, that he may be quiet, and take pleasure in his life, [though] as a hireling.

7 For 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.

For there is hope for a tree, even if it should be cut down, [that] it shall blossom again, and its branch shall not fail.

8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

For though its root should grow old in the earth, and its stem die in the rock;

9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant.

it will blossom from the scent of water, and will produce a crop, as one newly planted.

10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

But a man that has died is utterly gone; and when a mortal has fallen, he is no more.

11 [As] the waters fail from the sea, and the river decayeth and drieth up;

For the sea wastes in [length of] time, and a river fails and is dried up.

12 So man lieth down and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.

And man that has lain down [in death] shall certainly not rise again till the heaven be dissolved, and they shall not awake from their sleep.

13 Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! (Sheol h7585)

For oh that thou hadst kept me in the grave, and hadst hidden me until thy wrath should cease, and thou shouldest set me a time in which thou wouldest remember me! (Sheol h7585)

14 If a man die, shall he live [again]? all the days of my warfare would I wait, till my release should come.

For if a man should die, shall he live [again], having accomplished the days of his life? I will wait till I exist again?

15 Thou shouldest call, and I would answer thee: thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thine hands.

Then shalt thou call, and I will hearken to thee: but do not thou reject the work of thine hands.

16 But now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

But thou hast numbered my devices: and not one of my sins shall escape thee?

17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou fastenest up mine iniquity.

An thou hast sealed up my transgressions in a bag, and marked if I have been guilty of any transgression unawares.

18 And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of its place;

And verily a mountain falling will utterly be destroyed, and a rock shall be worn out of its place.

19 The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: and thou destroyest the hope of man.

The waters wear the stones, and waters falling headlong [overflow] a heap of the earth: and thou destroyest the hope of man.

20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

Thou drivest him to an end, and he is gone: thou settest thy face against him, and sendest him away;

21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

and though his children be multiplied, he knows [it] not; and if they be few, he is not aware.

22 But his flesh upon him hath pain, and his soul within him mourneth.

But his flesh is in pain, and his soul mourns.