1 Human beings born by women are short-lived a14:1 Lit. is of short days and full of trouble. ISV — Job 14:1
2 He springs up b14:2 Lit. goes out like a flower and then withers. c14:2 Lit. is cut off Like a shadow, he disappears d14:2 Lit. flees and doesn’t last. ISV — Job 14:2
3 Indeed, have you opened your eyes on one like this— to bring me into a legal fight with you? ISV — Job 14:3
4 Who can produce a clean thing from an unclean thing? No one! ISV — Job 14:4
5 Since his days have been determined, the number of his months is known to you. You’ve set his limit and he cannot exceed it. ISV — Job 14:5
6 Look away from him and leave him alone, so he can enjoy his time, like a hired worker.” ISV — Job 14:6
7 “There is hope for the tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots won’t stop growing. ISV — Job 14:7
8 Even if its roots have grown ancient in the earth, and its stump begins to rot e14:8 Lit. die in the ground, ISV — Job 14:8
9 the presence f14:9 Lit. scent of water will make it to bud so that it sprouts new branches like a young plant. ISV — Job 14:9
10 “But when a person g14:10 Lit. man dies and wastes away, when a person h14:10 Lit. the valiant man breathes his last, where will he be? ISV — Job 14:10
11 As water disappears from the sea, or water evaporates from a river, ISV — Job 14:11
12 so also a person i14:12 Lit. man lies down and does not get up; they won’t awaken until the heavens are no more, nor will they arise from their sleep.” ISV — Job 14:12
13 “Won’t you keep me safe in the afterlife? j14:13 Lit. in Sheol; i.e. the realm of the dead Conceal me until your anger subsides. Set an appointment for me, then remember me. ISV — Job 14:13
14 If a human being k14:14 Lit. strong man dies, will he live again? I will endure the entire time of my assigned service, until I am changed. l14:14 Lit. until my change comes; i.e. change in bodily state at the resurrection; cf. 1 Cor 15:51 ISV — Job 14:14
15 You’ll call and I’ll answer you; you’ll long for your creatures that your hands have made. m14:15 Lit. for the work of your hands ISV — Job 14:15
16 Then you’ll certainly count every step I took, but you won’t keep an inventory of my sin. ISV — Job 14:16
17 My transgressions would be sealed up in a bag; you would cover over my sins. ISV — Job 14:17
18 “Mountains fall and crumble; rocks are dislodged from their places. ISV — Job 14:18
19 Water wears away stones; floods wash away topsoil from the land— but you destroy the hope of human beings just like that! ISV — Job 14:19
20 You overpower him once and for all, and then he departs; you change his appearance and then send him away. ISV — Job 14:20
21 “If his children are honored, he doesn’t know it; if they become insignificant, he never perceives it. ISV — Job 14:21
22 He feels only his own pain, n14:22 Lit. flesh and grieves only for himself.” ISV — Job 14:22