Job 13:28-14:6
World English Bible
28 though I am decaying like a rotten thing,
like a garment that is moth-eaten.
14 “Man, who is born of a woman,
is of few days, and full of trouble.
2 He grows up like a flower, and is cut down.
He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.
3 Do you open your eyes on such a one,
and bring me into judgment with you?
4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
Not one.
5 Seeing his days are determined,
the number of his months is with you,
and you have appointed his bounds that he can’t pass;
6 Look away from him, that he may rest,
until he accomplishes, as a hireling, his day.
Job 13:28-14:6
New Living Translation
28 I waste away like rotting wood,
like a moth-eaten coat.
14 “How frail is humanity!
How short is life, how full of trouble!
2 We blossom like a flower and then wither.
Like a passing shadow, we quickly disappear.
3 Must you keep an eye on such a frail creature
and demand an accounting from me?
4 Who can bring purity out of an impure person?
No one!
5 You have decided the length of our lives.
You know how many months we will live,
and we are not given a minute longer.
6 So leave us alone and let us rest!
We are like hired hands, so let us finish our work in peace.
Job 13:28-14:6
New International Version
14 “Mortals, born of woman,(C)
are of few days(D) and full of trouble.(E)
2 They spring up like flowers(F) and wither away;(G)
like fleeting shadows,(H) they do not endure.(I)
3 Do you fix your eye on them?(J)
Will you bring them[a] before you for judgment?(K)
4 Who can bring what is pure(L) from the impure?(M)
No one!(N)
5 A person’s days are determined;(O)
you have decreed the number of his months(P)
and have set limits he cannot exceed.(Q)
6 So look away from him and let him alone,(R)
till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.(S)
Footnotes
- Job 14:3 Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew me
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