Job 14
1 “Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
Man, born of woman! Of few days, and full of trouble!
2 He grows up like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and does not continue.
As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.
3 Do you open your eyes on such a one, and bring me into judgment with you?
Also — on this Thou hast opened Thine eyes, And dost bring me into judgment with Thee.
4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.
Who giveth a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he cannot 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 Look away from him, that he may rest, until he accomplishes, as a hireling, his day.
Look away from off him that he may cease, Till he enjoy as an hireling his day.
7 “For there is hope for a tree if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, that the tender branch of it will not 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 Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stock dies in the ground,
If its root becometh old in the earth, And its stem doth die in the dust,
9 yet through the scent of water it will bud, and sprout boughs like a plant.
From the fragrance of water it doth flourish, And hath made a crop as a plant.
10 But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
And a man dieth, and becometh weak, And man expireth, and where [is] he?
11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the river wastes and dries up,
Waters have gone away from a sea, And a river becometh waste and dry.
12 so man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, they will not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.
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 "Oh that you would hide me in Sheol (Sheol h7585), that you would keep me secret until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time and remember me!
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 h7585)
14 If a man dies, will he live again? I would wait all the days of my warfare, until my release should come.
If a man dieth — doth he revive? All days of my warfare I wait, till my change come.
15 You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire for the work of your hands.
Thou dost call, and I — I answer Thee; To the work of Thy hands Thou hast desire.
16 But now you count my steps. Do not you watch over my sin?
But now, my steps Thou numberest, Thou dost not watch over my sin.
17 My disobedience is sealed up in a bag. You fasten up my iniquity.
Sealed up in a bag [is] my transgression, And Thou sewest up mine iniquity.
18 “But the mountain falling comes to nothing. The rock is removed out of its place.
And yet, a falling mountain wasteth away, And a rock is removed from its place.
19 The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man.
Stones have waters worn away, Their outpourings wash away the dust of earth, And the hope of man Thou hast destroyed.
20 You forever prevail against him, and he departs. You change his face, and send him away.
Thou prevailest [over] him for ever, and he goeth, He is changing his countenance, And Thou sendest him away.
21 His sons come to honor, and he does not know it. They are brought low, but he does not perceive it of them.
Honoured are his sons, and he knoweth not; And they are little, and he attendeth not to them.
22 But his flesh on him has pain, and his soul within him mourns.”
Only — his flesh for him is pained, And his soul for him doth mourn.'
