Job 14
:1
14:1
Man, born of woman,
Is of
afew days and full of trouble.
Job 14
:2
14:2
He comes forth like a
ablossom and
1is cut down,
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
Job 14
:3
14:3
And do You open Your eyes upon such a one
And bring me into
alitigation with You?
Job 14
:4
14:4
Who can bring a clean thing out from the unclean?
No one!
Job 14
:5
14:5
Since his days are
adetermined,
And the number of his months is with You;
Since You have appointed his bounds, and he cannot go beyond;
Job 14
:6
14:6
Look away from him that he may rest,
Until he fulfills his day like a hired hand.
Job 14
:7
14:7
For there is hope for a tree:
If it is cut down, it will
asprout again,
And its tender shoot will not cease.
Job 14
:8
14:8
Though its root grows old in the earth,
And its trunk dies in the dirt,
Job 14
:9
14:9
At the scent of water it will bud
And will produce branches like a
new plant.
Job 14
:10
14:10
But a man dies and is laid low;
Yes, a man expires, and then
awhere is he?
Job 14
:11
14:11
The waters of the sea recede,
And the river becomes parched and dried up:
Job 14
:12
14:12
So a man lies down and does not rise up;
Until the
aheavens are no more,
1he will not awake,
Nor will
1he be roused from
2his sleep.
Job 14
:13
14:13
Oh, that You would hide me in Sheol,
That You would conceal me until Your anger has passed,
That You would set me an appointed time and remember me!
Job 14
:14
14:14
If a man dies, will he live
again?
All the days of my service I would wait,
Until a change for me should come.
Job 14
:15
14:15
You would call, and I would answer You;
You would long after the work of Your hands.
Job 14
:16
14:16
For now You number my steps.
Do You not watch over my sin?
Job 14
:17
14:17
My transgression has been sealed up in a bag,
And You have fastened up my iniquity.
Job 14
:18
14:18
However the mountain falls
and crumbles,
And the rock moves from its place;
Job 14
:19
14:19
Waters wear away stones;
Their torrents wash away the dust of the earth:
So You destroy the hope of man.
Job 14
:20
14:20
You prevail forever against him, and he passes away;
You change his countenance and send him away.
Job 14
:21
14:21
His sons gain honor, but he does not know
it;
And they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it.
Job 14
:22
14:22
Only the pain of his own flesh does he feel,
And his own soul mourns for him.
