Job 14

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

“Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.

2 As a flower, he cometh forth—and fadeth, He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

He grows up like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.

3 And yet upon such a one as this, hast thou opened thine eye? And, him, wouldst thou bring into judgment with thee?

Do you open your eyes on such a one, and bring me into judgment with you?

4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one!

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

5 If determined am his days, the number of his months, is with thee, Fixed times for him, thou hast appointed and he cannot go beyond.

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he can’t pass.

6 Look sway from him, that he may rest, Till he shall pay off, as a hireling, his day.

Look away from him, that he may rest, until he accomplishes, as a hireling, his day.

7 Though there is—for a tree—hope, —if it should be cut down, that, again, it will grow, and, the tender branch thereof, will not cease;

“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.

8 If its root, should become old in the earth, and, in the dust, its stock should die:

Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stock dies in the ground,

9 Through the scent of water, it may break forth, and produce branches like a sapling,

yet through the scent of water it will bud, and sprout boughs like a plant.

10 Yet, man, dieth, and is prostrate, Yea the son of earth doth cease to breathe, and where is he?

But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?

11 Waters, have failed from, the sea, and, a river, may waste and dry up;

As the waters fail from the sea, and the river wastes and dries up,

12 So, a man, hath lain down, and shall not arise, until there are no heavens, they shall not awake, nor be roused up out of their sleep.

so man lies down and doesn’t rise. Until the heavens are no more, they will not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.

13 Oh that, in hades, thou wouldst hide me! that thou wouldst keep me secret, until the turn of thine anger, that thou wouldst set for me a fixed time, and remember me: (Sheol h7585)

“Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would keep me secret until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time and remember me! (Sheol h7585)

14 If a man die, can he live again? All the days of my warfare, would I wait, until my relief should come: —

If a man dies, will he live again? I would wait all the days of my warfare, until my release should come.

15 Thou shouldst call, and, I, would answer thee, —For the work of thine own hand, thou shouldst long.

You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire for the work of your hands.

16 For, now, my steps, thou countest, Thou wilt not pass over my sin:

But now you count my steps. Don’t you watch over my sin?

17 Sealed up in a bag, is my transgression, and thou hast glued over mine iniquity.

My disobedience is sealed up in a bag. You fasten up my iniquity.

18 But, in very deed, a mountain falling, will lie prostrate, or, a rock moved out of its place:

“But the mountain falling comes to nothing. The rock is removed out of its place.

19 Stones, have been hollowed out by waters, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth, and, the hope of mortal man, thou hast destroyed:

The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man.

20 Thou dost overpower him utterly, and he departeth, Disfiguring his face, so, hast thou sent him away.

You forever prevail against him, and he departs. You change his face, and send him away.

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

His sons come to honor, and he doesn’t know it. They are brought low, but he doesn’t perceive it of them.

22 But, his flesh, for himself, is in pain, and, his soul, for himself, doth mourn.

But his flesh on him has pain, and his soul within him mourns.”