| Job 14:1 |
Man, born of woman, / Is of few days and full of trouble. |
| Job 14:2 |
He comes forth like a blossom and is cut down, / He also flees like a shadow and does not remain. |
| Job 14:3 |
And do You open Your eyes upon such a one / And bring me into litigation with You? |
| Job 14:4 |
Who can bring a clean thing out from the unclean? / No one! |
| Job 14:5 |
Since his days are determined, / [And] the number of his months is with You; / [Since] You have appointed his bounds, and he cannot go beyond; |
| Job 14:6 |
Look away from him that he may rest, / Until he fulfills his day like a hired hand. |
| Job 14:7 |
For there is hope for a tree: / If it is cut down, it will sprout again, / And its tender shoot will not cease. |
| Job 14:8 |
Though its root grows old in the earth, / And its trunk dies in the dirt, |
| Job 14:9 |
At the scent of water it will bud / And will produce branches like a [new] plant. |
| Job 14:10 |
But a man dies and is laid low; / Yes, a man expires, and then where is he? |
| Job 14:11 |
The waters of the sea recede, / And the river becomes parched and dried up: |
| Job 14:12 |
So a man lies down and does not rise up; / Until the heavens are no more, he will not awake, / Nor will he be roused from his sleep. |
| Job 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 |
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 |
You would call, and I would answer You; / You would long after the work of Your hands. |
| Job 14:16 |
For now You number my steps. / Do You not watch over my sin? |
| Job 14:17 |
My transgression has been sealed up in a bag, / And You have fastened up my iniquity. |
| Job 14:18 |
However the mountain falls [and] crumbles, / And the rock moves from its place; |
| Job 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 |
You prevail forever against him, and he passes away; / You change his countenance and send him away. |
| Job 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 |
Only the pain of his own flesh does he feel, / And his own soul mourns for him. |