28 A person wears out like something rotten,
like a moth-eaten garment.(A)

14 Anyone born of woman
is short of days and full of trouble.(B)
He blossoms like a flower, then withers;(C)
he flees like a shadow and does not last.
Do you really take notice of one like this?
Will you bring me into judgment against you?[a](D)
Who can produce something pure from what is impure?
No one!
Since a person’s days are determined
and the number of his months depends on you,
and since you have set[b] limits he cannot pass,(E)
look away from him and let him rest
so that he can enjoy his day like a hired worker.(F)

Footnotes

  1. 14:3 LXX, Syr, Vg read him
  2. 14:5 Lit set his

28 One wastes away like a rotten thing,
    like a garment that is moth-eaten.(A)

14 “A mortal, born of woman, few of days and full of trouble,(B)
    comes up like a flower and withers,
    flees like a shadow and does not last.(C)
Do you fix your eyes on such a one?
    Do you bring me into judgment with you?(D)
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
    No one can.(E)
Since their days are determined,
    and the number of their months is known to you,
    and you have appointed the bounds that they cannot pass,(F)
look away from them and desist,[a]
    that they may enjoy, like laborers, their days.(G)

Footnotes

  1. 14.6 Cn: Heb that they may desist