Job 14:1
Man, born of woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
Job 14:2
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.
Job 14:3
Yet dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
Job 14:4
Who can bring a clean man out of the unclean? Not one!
Job 14:5
If his days are determined, if the number of his months is with thee, and thou hast appointed his bounds which he must not pass,
Job 14:6
Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
Job 14:7
For there is hope for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease;
Job 14:8
Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground,
Job 14:9
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a young plant.
Job 14:10
But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?
Job 14:11
The waters recede from the lake, and the river wasteth and drieth up:
Job 14:12
So man lieth down, and riseth not again; till the heavens be no more, they do not awake, nor are raised out of their sleep.
Job 14:13
Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldest keep me secret until thine anger be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me, --
Job 14:14
(If a man die, shall he live again ?) all the days of my time of toil would I wait, till my change should come:
Job 14:15
Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee; thou wouldest have a desire after the work of thy hands.
Job 14:16
For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
Job 14:17
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou heapest up mine iniquity.
Job 14:18
And indeed a mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of its place;
Job 14:19
The waters wear the stones, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
Job 14:20
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth away; thou changest his countenance, and dismissest him.
Job 14:21
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not.
Job 14:22
But his flesh hath pain for himself alone, and his soul mourneth for himself.