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Job 14
Revised Geneva Translation
Job 14
Revised Geneva Translation
14 “Man, who is born of woman, is of few days and full of trouble.
2 “He shoots forth as a flower and is cut down. He also vanishes as a shadow, and does not continue.
3 “Yet, You open Your Eyes upon such a one and cause me to enter into judgment with You.
4 “Who can bring a clean thing out of filthiness? There is not one.
5 “Are not his days determined, the number of his months with You? You have appointed his boundaries, which he cannot pass.
6 “Turn from him, so that he may rest, until his day is accepted as a hireling’s.
7 “For there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will still sprout. And its branches will not cease.
8 “Though the root of it grows old in the earth, and its stump is dead in the ground,
9 “by the scent of water it will bud and bring forth branches like a plant.
10 “But man is sick and dies. And man perishes. And where is he?
11 “As the waters pass from the sea, and as the flood decays and dries up,
12 “so man sleeps and does not rise. He shall not wake again, or be raised from his sleep, until the heavens are no more.
13 “Oh that You would hide me in the grave and keep me secret until Your wrath were past, would set a time for me and remember me!
14 “If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time will I wait, until my relief comes.
15 “You shall call me, and I will answer You. You love the work of Your own Hands.
16 “But now, You number my steps. Do You not watch over my sins?
17 “My iniquity is sealed up in a bag. And You add to my wickedness.
18 “And surely as the mountain falls and comes to nothing, and as the rock is removed from its place,
19 “as the water breaks the stones, You overflow the things which grow in the dust of the earth. So You destroy the hope of man.
20 “You always prevail against him, so that he passes away. He changes his face when You cast him away.
21 “And he does not know if his sons shall be honorable. Nor shall he understand concerning them, whether they shall be of low degree.
22 “But while his flesh is upon him, he shall be sorrowful. And while his soul is in him, it shall mourn.”
Job 14
New International Version
Job 14
New International Version
14 “Mortals, born of woman,(A)
are of few days(B) and full of trouble.(C)
2 They spring up like flowers(D) and wither away;(E)
like fleeting shadows,(F) they do not endure.(G)
3 Do you fix your eye on them?(H)
Will you bring them[a] before you for judgment?(I)
4 Who can bring what is pure(J) from the impure?(K)
No one!(L)
5 A person’s days are determined;(M)
you have decreed the number of his months(N)
and have set limits he cannot exceed.(O)
6 So look away from him and let him alone,(P)
till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.(Q)
7 “At least there is hope for a tree:(R)
If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
and its new shoots(S) will not fail.(T)
8 Its roots may grow old in the ground
and its stump(U) die in the soil,
9 yet at the scent of water(V) it will bud
and put forth shoots like a plant.(W)
10 But a man dies and is laid low;(X)
he breathes his last and is no more.(Y)
11 As the water of a lake dries up
or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,(Z)
12 so he lies down and does not rise;(AA)
till the heavens are no more,(AB) people will not awake
or be roused from their sleep.(AC)
13 “If only you would hide me in the grave(AD)
and conceal me till your anger has passed!(AE)
If only you would set me a time
and then remember(AF) me!(AG)
14 If someone dies, will they live again?
All the days of my hard service(AH)
I will wait for my renewal[b](AI) to come.
15 You will call and I will answer you;(AJ)
you will long for the creature your hands have made.(AK)
16 Surely then you will count my steps(AL)
but not keep track of my sin.(AM)
17 My offenses will be sealed(AN) up in a bag;(AO)
you will cover over my sin.(AP)
18 “But as a mountain erodes and crumbles(AQ)
and as a rock is moved from its place,(AR)
19 as water wears away stones
and torrents(AS) wash away the soil,(AT)
so you destroy a person’s hope.(AU)
20 You overpower them once for all, and they are gone;(AV)
you change their countenance and send them away.(AW)
21 If their children are honored, they do not know it;
if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.(AX)
22 They feel but the pain of their own bodies(AY)
and mourn only for themselves.(AZ)”
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