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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 While [a]I am decaying like a (A)rotten thing,
Like a garment that is moth-eaten.

Job Speaks of the Finality of Death

14 (B)Man, who is born of woman,
Is [b]short-lived and (C)full of turmoil.
(D)Like a flower he comes out and withers.
He also flees like (E)a shadow and does not remain.
You also (F)open Your eyes on him
And (G)bring [c]him into judgment with Yourself.
(H)Who can make the clean out of the unclean?
No one!
Since his days are determined,
The (I)number of his months is with You;
And You have [d]set his limits so that he cannot pass.
(J)Look away from him so that he may [e]rest,
Until he [f]fulfills his day like a hired worker.

Footnotes

  1. Job 13:28 Lit he is
  2. Job 14:1 Lit short of days
  3. Job 14:3 As in some ancient versions; MT me
  4. Job 14:5 Lit made
  5. Job 14:6 Lit cease
  6. Job 14:6 Lit makes acceptable