14:1 1 Job describeth the shortness and misery of the life of man. 14 Hope sustaineth the godly. 21 The condition of man’s life. Man that is born of woman, is of short continuance and full of trouble.
14:2 He shooteth forth as a flower, and is cut down: he vanisheth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
14:3 And yet thou openest thine eyes upon such one, and causest me to enter into judgment with thee.
14:4 Who can bring a clean thing out of filthiness? there is not one.
14:5 Are not his days determined? the number of his months are with thee: thou hast appointed his bound, which he cannot pass.
14:6 Turn from him that he may cease until his desired day, as an hireling.
14:7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will yet sprout, and the branches thereof will not cease.
14:8 Though the root of it wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof be dead in the ground,
14:9 Yet by the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
14:10 But man is sick, and dieth, and man perisheth, and where is he?
14:11 As the waters pass from the sea, and as the flood decayeth and drieth up,
14:12 So man sleepeth and riseth not: for he shall not wake again, nor be raised from his sleep till the heaven be no more.
14:13 Oh that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, and keep me secret, until thy wrath were past, and wouldest give me term, and remember me!
14:14 If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of mine appointed time will I wait, till my changing shall come.
14:15 Thou shalt call me, and I will answer thee: thou lovest the work of thine own hands.
14:16 But now thou numberest my steps, and doest not delay my sins.
14:17 Mine iniquity is sealed up, as in a bag, and thou addest unto my wickedness.
14:18 And surely as the mountain that falleth, cometh to nought, and the rock that is removed from his place:
14:19 As the water breaketh the stones, when thou overflowest the things which grow in the dust of the earth: so thou destroyest the hope of man.
14:20 Thou prevailest always against him, so that he passeth away: he changeth his face when thou castest him away.
14:21 And he knoweth not if his sons shall be honorable, neither shall he understand concerning them, whether they shall be of low degree,
14:22 But while his flesh is upon him, he shall be sorrowful, and while his soul is in him, it shall mourn.
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