Job 14
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1"Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble. 1"Mortals, born of woman, are of few days and full of trouble.
2He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain. 2They spring up like flowers and wither away; like fleeting shadows, they do not endure.
3Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment? 3Do you fix your eye on them? Will you bring them before you for judgment?
4Who can make a clean thing come from an unclean? No one! 4Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No one!
5Since man's days are determined, the number of his months is under your control; you have set his limit and he cannot pass it. 5A person's days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.
6Look away from him and let him desist, until he fulfills his time like a hired man. 6So look away from him and let him alone, till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.
7"But there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail. 7"At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.
8Although its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump begins to die in the soil, 8Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil,
9at the scent of water it will flourish and put forth shoots like a new plant. 9yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth shoots like a plant.
10But man dies and is powerless; he expires--and where is he? 10But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last and is no more.
11As water disappears from the sea, or a river drains away and dries up, 11As the water of a lake dries up or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,
12so man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor arise from their sleep. 12so he lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, people will not awake or be roused from their sleep.
13"O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me! 13"If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If only you would set me a time and then remember me!
14If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait until my release comes. 14If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come.
15You will call and I--I will answer you; you will long for the creature you have made. 15You will call and I will answer you; you will long for the creature your hands have made.
16"Surely now you count my steps; then you would not mark my sin. 16Surely then you will count my steps but not keep track of my sin.
17My offenses would be sealed up in a bag; you would cover over my sin. 17My offenses will be sealed up in a bag; you will cover over my sin.
18But as a mountain falls away and crumbles, and as a rock will be removed from its place, 18"But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and as a rock is moved from its place,
19as water wears away stones, and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy man's hope. 19as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy a person's hope.
20You overpower him once for all, and he departs; you change his appearance and send him away. 20You overpower them once for all, and they are gone; you change their countenance and send them away.
21If his sons are honored, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he does not see it. 21If their children are honored, they do not know it; if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.
22Only his flesh has pain for himself, and he mourns for himself." 22They feel but the pain of their own bodies and mourn only for themselves."
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