1 “Man, who is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble. WEB — Job 14:1
2 He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn't continue. WEB — Job 14:2
3 Do you open your eyes on such a one, And bring me into judgment with you? WEB — Job 14:3
4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one. WEB — Job 14:4
5 Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with you, And you have appointed his bounds that he can't pass; WEB — Job 14:5
6 Look away from him, that he may rest, Until he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day. WEB — Job 14:6
7 “For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, That the tender branch of it will not cease. WEB — Job 14:7
8 Though the root of it grows old in the earth, And the stock of it dies in the ground; WEB — Job 14:8
9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant. WEB — Job 14:9
10 But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he? WEB — Job 14:10
11 As the waters fail from the sea, And the river wastes and dries up, WEB — Job 14:11
12 So man lies down and doesn't rise; Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep. WEB — Job 14:12
13 “Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, That you would keep me secret, until your wrath is past, That you would appoint me a set time, and remember me! WEB — Job 14:13
14 If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Until my release should come. WEB — Job 14:14
15 You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire to the work of your hands. WEB — Job 14:15
16 But now you number my steps. Don't you watch over my sin? WEB — Job 14:16
17 My disobedience is sealed up in a bag. You fasten up my iniquity. WEB — Job 14:17
18 “But the mountain falling comes to nothing; The rock is removed out of its place; WEB — Job 14:18
19 The waters wear the stones; The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth: So you destroy the hope of man. WEB — Job 14:19
20 You forever prevail against him, and he passes; You change his face, and send him away. WEB — Job 14:20
21 His sons come to honor, and he doesn't know it; They are brought low, but he doesn't perceive it of them. WEB — Job 14:21
22 But his flesh on him has pain; His soul within him mourns.” WEB — Job 14:22