Job 14
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1"Mortals, born of woman, are of few days and full of trouble.1Man born of woman is short of days and full of trouble.
2They spring up like flowers and wither away; like fleeting shadows, they do not endure.2He blossoms like a flower, then withers; he flees like a shadow and does not last.
3Do you fix your eye on them? Will you bring them before you for judgment?3Do You really take notice of one like this? Will You bring me into judgment against You?
4Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No one!4Who can produce something pure from what is impure? No one!
5A person's days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.5Since man's days are determined and the number of his months depends on You, and since You have set limits he cannot pass,
6So look away from him and let him alone, till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.6look away from him and let him rest so that he can enjoy his day like a hired hand.
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.7There is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its shoots will not die.
8Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil,8If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump starts to die in the soil,
9yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth shoots like a plant.9the smell of water makes it thrive and produce twigs like a sapling.
10But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last and is no more.10But a man dies and fades away; he breathes his last--where is he?
11As the water of a lake dries up or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,11As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,
12so he lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, people will not awake or be roused from their sleep.12so man lies down never to rise again. They will not wake up until the heavens are no more; they will not stir from their sleep.
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!13If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger passes. If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me.
14If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come.14When a man dies, will he come back to life? If so, I would wait all the days of my struggle until my relief comes.
15You will call and I will answer you; you will long for the creature your hands have made.15You would call, and I would answer You. You would long for the work of Your hands.
16Surely then you will count my steps but not keep track of my sin.16For then You would count my steps but would not take note of my sin.
17My offenses will be sealed up in a bag; you will cover over my sin.17My rebellion would be sealed up in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.
18"But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and as a rock is moved from its place,18But as a mountain collapses and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,
19as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy a person's hope.19as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil from the land, so You destroy a man's hope.
20You overpower them once for all, and they are gone; you change their countenance and send them away.20You completely overpower him, and he passes on; You change his appearance and send him away.
21If their children are honored, they do not know it; if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.21If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they become insignificant, he is unaware of it.
22They feel but the pain of their own bodies and mourn only for themselves."22He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.
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