Job 13:28-14:6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
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)
2 comes up like a flower and withers,
flees like a shadow and does not last.(C)
3 Do you fix your eyes on such a one?
Do you bring me into judgment with you?(D)
4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
No one can.(E)
5 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)
6 look away from them and desist,[a]
that they may enjoy, like laborers, their days.(G)
Footnotes
- 14.6 Cn: Heb that they may desist
Job 13:28-14:6
Revised Standard Version
28 Man[a] wastes away like a rotten thing,
like a garment that is moth-eaten.
14 “Man that is born of a woman
is of few days, and full of trouble.
2 He comes forth like a flower, and withers;
he flees like a shadow, and continues not.
3 And dost thou open thy eyes upon such a one
and bring him[b] into judgment with thee?
4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
There is not one.
5 Since his days are determined,
and the number of his months is with thee,
and thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass,
6 look away from him, and desist,[c]
that he may enjoy, like a hireling, his day.
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