Job 14
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1 Man that is born of
a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is
cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such
an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
4 Who can bring a clean thing out
of an unclean? not one.
5 Seeing his days are determined,
the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds
that he cannot pass;
6 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he
shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
7 For there is hope of a
tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch
thereof will not cease.
8 Though the root thereof wax old in the
earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
9 Yet through the scent of water it
will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea,
man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
11 As the waters fail from the sea,
and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till
the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their
sleep.
13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the
grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou
wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
14 If a man die, shall he live again?
all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer
thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
16 For now thou numberest my
steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
17 My transgression is sealed up in
a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
18 And surely the mountain falling cometh
to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
19 The waters wear the stones: thou
washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou
destroyest the hope of man.
20 Thou prevailest for ever against him,
and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth
it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of
them.
22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain,
and his soul within him shall mourn.
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