Job 14
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New Living TranslationNew American Standard Bible 1995
1“How frail is humanity! How short is life, how full of trouble!1"Man, who is born of woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil.
2We blossom like a flower and then wither. Like a passing shadow, we quickly disappear.2"Like a flower he comes forth and withers. He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
3Must you keep an eye on such a frail creature and demand an accounting from me?3"You also open Your eyes on him And bring him into judgment with Yourself.
4Who can bring purity out of an impure person? No one!4"Who can make the clean out of the unclean? No one!
5You have decided the length of our lives. You know how many months we will live, and we are not given a minute longer.5"Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You; And his limits You have set so that he cannot pass.
6So leave us alone and let us rest! We are like hired hands, so let us finish our work in peace.6"Turn Your gaze from him that he may rest, Until he fulfills his day like a hired man.
7“Even a tree has more hope! If it is cut down, it will sprout again and grow new branches.7"For there is hope for a tree, When it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And its shoots will not fail.
8Though its roots have grown old in the earth and its stump decays,8"Though its roots grow old in the ground And its stump dies in the dry soil,
9at the scent of water it will bud and sprout again like a new seedling.9At the scent of water it will flourish And put forth sprigs like a plant.
10“But when people die, their strength is gone. They breathe their last, and then where are they?10"But man dies and lies prostrate. Man expires, and where is he?
11As water evaporates from a lake and a river disappears in drought,11"As water evaporates from the sea, And a river becomes parched and dried up,
12people are laid to rest and do not rise again. Until the heavens are no more, they will not wake up nor be roused from their sleep.12So man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no longer, He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep.
13“I wish you would hide me in the grave and forget me there until your anger has passed. But mark your calendar to think of me again!13"Oh that You would hide me in Sheol, That You would conceal me until Your wrath returns to You, That You would set a limit for me and remember me!
14Can the dead live again? If so, this would give me hope through all my years of struggle, and I would eagerly await the release of death.14"If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my struggle I will wait Until my change comes.
15You would call and I would answer, and you would yearn for me, your handiwork.15"You will call, and I will answer You; You will long for the work of Your hands.
16For then you would guard my steps, instead of watching for my sins.16"For now You number my steps, You do not observe my sin.
17My sins would be sealed in a pouch, and you would cover my guilt.17"My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And You wrap up my iniquity.
18“But instead, as mountains fall and crumble and as rocks fall from a cliff,18"But the falling mountain crumbles away, And the rock moves from its place;
19as water wears away the stones and floods wash away the soil, so you destroy people’s hope.19Water wears away stones, Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth; So You destroy man's hope.
20You always overpower them, and they pass from the scene. You disfigure them in death and send them away.20"You forever overpower him and he departs; You change his appearance and send him away.
21They never know if their children grow up in honor or sink to insignificance.21"His sons achieve honor, but he does not know it; Or they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it.
22They suffer painfully; their life is full of trouble.”22"But his body pains him, And he mourns only for himself."
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