ASV - Job - 14

14:1  Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble.

14:2  He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

14:3  And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?

14:4  Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

14:5  Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

14:6  Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

14:7  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.

14:8  Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground;

14:9  Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant.

14:10  But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

14:11  Asthe waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up;

14:12  So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.

14:13  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!

14:14  If a man die, shall he liveagain? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Till my release should come.

14:15  Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee: Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands.

14:16  But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin?

14:17  My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And thou fastenest up mine iniquity.

14:18  But the mountain falling cometh to nought; And the rock is removed out of its place;

14:19  The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.

14:20  Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

14:21  His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

14:22  But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth.