Job - Chapter 14 | American Standard Version

  • 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 a 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 is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
  • 6. Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a 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 put forth boughs like a plant.
  • 10. But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
  • 11. {cf15i As} the waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up;
  • 12. So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.
  • 13. Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, 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 {cf15i again}? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Till my release should come.
  • 15. Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee: Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands.
  • 16. But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin?
  • 17. My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And thou fastenest up mine iniquity.
  • 18. But the mountain falling cometh to nought; And the rock is removed out of its place;
  • 19. The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So 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 honor, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
  • 22. But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth.
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