Job 14:5-14
New International Version
5 A person’s days are determined;(A)
you have decreed the number of his months(B)
and have set limits he cannot exceed.(C)
6 So look away from him and let him alone,(D)
till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.(E)
7 “At least there is hope for a tree:(F)
If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
and its new shoots(G) will not fail.(H)
8 Its roots may grow old in the ground
and its stump(I) die in the soil,
9 yet at the scent of water(J) it will bud
and put forth shoots like a plant.(K)
10 But a man dies and is laid low;(L)
he breathes his last and is no more.(M)
11 As the water of a lake dries up
or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,(N)
12 so he lies down and does not rise;(O)
till the heavens are no more,(P) people will not awake
or be roused from their sleep.(Q)
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Job 14:5-14
King James Version
5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
6 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
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