28 Man[a] wastes away like (A)a rotten thing,
    like a garment that is (B)moth-eaten.

Job Continues: Death Comes Soon to All

14 “Man who is (C)born of a woman
    is (D)few of days and (E)full of trouble.
He comes out like (F)a flower and (G)withers;
    he flees like (H)a shadow and continues not.
And do you (I)open your eyes on such a one
    and (J)bring me into judgment with you?
Who can bring (K)a clean thing out of an unclean?
    There is not one.
Since his (L)days are determined,
    and (M)the number of his months is with you,
    and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass,
(N)look away from him and leave him alone,[b]
    that he may enjoy, like (O)a hired hand, his day.

Notas al pie

  1. Job 13:28 Hebrew He
  2. Job 14:6 Probable reading; Hebrew look away from him, that he may cease

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)

Notas al pie

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