Job 14

1 Man, born of woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.DBY — Job 14:1

2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.DBY — Job 14:2

3 Yet dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?DBY — Job 14:3

4 Who can bring a clean [man] out of the unclean? Not one!DBY — Job 14:4

5 If his days are determined, if the number of his months is with thee, [and] thou hast appointed his bounds which he must not pass,DBY — Job 14:5

6 Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day.DBY — Job 14:6

7 For there is hope for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease;DBY — Job 14:7

8 Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground,DBY — Job 14:8

9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a young plant.DBY — Job 14:9

10 But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?DBY — Job 14:10

11 The waters recede from the lake, and the river wasteth and drieth up:DBY — Job 14:11

12 So man lieth down, and riseth not again; till the heavens be no more, they do not awake, nor are raised out of their sleep.DBY — Job 14:12

13 Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldest keep me secret until thine anger be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me,DBY — Job 14:13

14 (If a man die, shall he live [again]?) all the days of my time of toil would I wait, till my change should come:DBY — Job 14:14

15 Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee; thou wouldest have a desire after the work of thy hands.DBY — Job 14:15

16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?DBY — Job 14:16

17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou heapest up mine iniquity.DBY — Job 14:17

18 And indeed a mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of its place;DBY — Job 14:18

19 The waters wear the stones, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.DBY — Job 14:19

20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth away; thou changest his countenance, and dismissest him.DBY — Job 14:20

21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not.DBY — Job 14:21

22 But his flesh hath pain for himself alone, and his soul mourneth for himself.DBY — Job 14:22