Job 14

¹For a mortal born of a woman [is] short -lived, and full of wrath.

¹For a mortal born of a woman [is] short lived, and full of wrath.

²Or he falls like a flower that has bloomed; and he departs like a shadow, and cannot continue.

²Or he falls like a flower that has bloomed; and he departs like a shadow, and can’t continue.

³Hast thou not taken account even of him, and caused him to enter into judgment before thee?

³Have you not taken account even of him, and caused him to enter into judgment before you?

⁴For who shall be pure from uncleanness? not even one;

⁵if even his life should be [but] one day upon the earth: and his months are numbered by him: thou hast appointed [him] for a time, and he shall by no means exceed [it].

⁵if even his life should be [but] one day upon the earth: and his months are numbered by him: you have appointed [him] for a time, and he shall by no means exceed [it].

⁶Depart from him, that he may be quiet, and take pleasure in his life, [though] as a hireling.

⁷For there is hope for a tree, even if it should be cut down, [that] it shall blossom again, and its branch shall not fail.

⁸For though its root should grow old in the earth, and its stem die in the rock;

⁹it will blossom from the scent of water, and will produce a crop, as one newly planted.

¹⁰But a man that has died is utterly gone; and when a mortal has fallen, he is no more.

¹¹For the sea wastes in [length of] time, and a river fails and is dried up.

¹²And man that has lain down [in death] shall certainly not rise again till the heaven be dissolved, and they shall not awake from their sleep.

¹³For oh that thou hadst kept me in the grave, and hadst hidden me until thy wrath should cease, and thou shouldest set me a time in which thou wouldest remember me!

¹³For oh that you had kept me in the grave, and had hidden me until your wrath should cease, and you should set me a time in which you would remember me!

¹⁴For if a man should die, shall he live [again], having accomplished the days of his life? I will wait till I exist again?

¹⁵Then shalt thou call, and I will hearken to thee: but do not thou reject the work of thine hands.

¹⁵Then shall you call, and I will listen to you: but do not you reject the work of your hands.

¹⁶But thou hast numbered my devices: and not one of my sins shall escape thee?

¹⁶But you have numbered my devices: and not one of my sins shall escape you?

¹⁷And thou hast sealed up my transgressions in a bag, and marked if I have been guilty of any transgression unawares.

¹⁷And you have sealed up my transgressions in a bag, and marked if I have been guilty of any transgression unawares.

¹⁸And verily a mountain falling will utterly be destroyed, and a rock shall be worn out of its place.

¹⁹The waters wear the stones, and waters falling headlong [overflow] a heap of the earth: and thou destroyest the hope of man.

¹⁹The waters wear the stones, and waters falling headlong [overflow] a heap of the earth: and you destroy the hope of man.

²⁰Thou drivest him to an end, and he is gone: thou settest thy face against him, and sendest him away;

²⁰You drive him to an end, and he is gone: you set your face against him, and send him away;

²¹and though his children be multiplied, he knows [it] not; and if they be few, he is not aware.

²²But his flesh is in pain, and his soul mourns.

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