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28 “Everyone wears out like something rotten,
like clothing eaten by moths.

14 “·All of us [L Human beings; T Man] born ·to women [T of woman]
    ·live only a few [L are short of] days and ·have lots [full] of trouble.
·We [L They] grow up like flowers and then ·dry up and die [L wither].
    ·We are like a passing [L …and flee like a] shadow that does not last.
Lord, do you need to watch me like this?
    Must you bring me before you to be judged?
No one can bring something clean [C in a ritual sense] from something unclean.
·Our [L If their] time is limited.
    You have given ·us [L them] only so many months to live
    and have set limits ·we [L they] cannot go beyond.
So look away from us and ·leave us alone [stop; desist]
    until we put in our time like a laborer [C until death].

28 “So man wastes away like something rotten,
    like a garment(A) eaten by moths.(B)

14 “Mortals, born of woman,(C)
    are of few days(D) and full of trouble.(E)
They spring up like flowers(F) and wither away;(G)
    like fleeting shadows,(H) they do not endure.(I)
Do you fix your eye on them?(J)
    Will you bring them[a] before you for judgment?(K)
Who can bring what is pure(L) from the impure?(M)
    No one!(N)
A person’s days are determined;(O)
    you have decreed the number of his months(P)
    and have set limits he cannot exceed.(Q)
So look away from him and let him alone,(R)
    till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.(S)

Footnotes

  1. Job 14:3 Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew me