Job 14
1 Man born of a woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries.
Man [that is] born of a woman [is] of few days, and full of trouble.
2 Who cometh forth like a flower, and is destroyed, and fleeth as a shadow, and never continueth in the same state.
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
3 And dost thou think it meet to open thy eyes upon such an one, and to bring him into judgment with thee?
And dost thou open thy eyes upon such one, and bring me into judgment with thee?
4 Who can make him clean that is conceived of unclean seed? is it not thou who only art?
Who can bring a clean [thing] out of an unclean? not one.
5 The days of man are short, and the number of his months is with thee: thou hast appointed his bounds which cannot be passed.
Seeing his days [are] determined, the number of his months [is] with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
6 Depart a little from him, that he may rest, until his wished for day come, as that of the hireling.
Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
7 A tree hath hope: if it be cut, it groweth green again, and the boughs thereof sprout.
For there is hope of a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its tender branch will not cease.
8 If its root be old in the earth, and its stock be dead in the dust:
Though its root shall become old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground;
9 At the scent of water, it shall spring, and bring forth leaves, as when it was first planted.
[Yet] through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
10 But man when he shall be dead, and stripped and consumed, I pray you where is he?
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yes, man yieldeth his breath, and where [is] he?
11 As if the waters should depart out of the sea, and an emptied river should be dried up:
[As] the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
12 So man when he is fallen asleep shall not rise again; till the heavens be broken, he shall not awake, nor rise up out of his sleep.
So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens [shall be] no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
13 Who will grant me this, that thou mayst protect me in hell, and hide me till thy wrath pass, and appoint me a. time when thou wilt remember me? (Sheol h7585)
O that thou wouldst hide me in the grave, that thou wouldst keep me secret, until thy wrath is past, that thou wouldst appoint me a set time, and remember me! (Sheol h7585)
14 Shall man that is dead, thinkest thou, live again? all the days in which I am now in warfare, I expect until my change come.
If a man dieth, shall he live [again]? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change shall come.
15 Thou shalt call me, and I will answer thee: to the work of thy hands thou shalt reach out thy right hand.
Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thy hands.
16 Thou indeed hast numbered my steps, but spare my sins.
For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
17 Thou hast sealed up my offences as it were in a bag, but hast cured my iniquity.
My transgression [is] sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up my iniquity.
18 A mountain falling cometh to nought, and a rock is removed out of its place.
And surely the mountain falling cometh to naught, and the rock is removed out of its place.
19 Waters wear away the stones, and with inundation the ground by little and little is washed away: so in like manner thou shalt destroy man.
The 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.
20 Thou hast strengthened him for a little while, that he may pass away for ever: thou shalt change his face, and shalt send him away.
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
21 Whether his children come to honour or dishonour, he shall not understand.
His sons come to honor, and he knoweth [it] not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth [it] not of them.
22 But yet his flesh, while he shall live, shall have pain, and his soul shall mourn over him.
But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
