Geneva1599 - Job - 14

14:1  Man that is borne of woman, is of short continuance, and full of trouble.

14:2  He shooteth foorth as a flowre, and is cut downe: he vanisheth also as a shadowe, and continueth not.

14:3  And yet thou openest thine eyes vpon such one, and causest me to enter into iudgement with thee.

14:4  Who can bring a cleane thing out of filthinesse? there is not one.

14:5  Are not his dayes determined? the nober of his moneths are with thee: thou hast appointed his boundes, which he can not passe.

14:6  Turne from him that he may cease vntill his desired day, as an hyreling.

14:7  For there is hope of a tree, if it bee cut downe, that it will yet sproute, and the branches thereof will not cease.

14:8  Though the roote of it waxe olde in the earth, and the stocke thereof be dead in ye ground,

14:9  Yet by the sent of water it will bud, and bring foorth boughes like a plant.

14:10  But man is sicke, and dyeth, and man perisheth, and where is he?

14:11  As the waters passe from the sea, and as the flood decayeth and dryeth vp,

14:12  So man sleepeth and riseth not: for hee shall not wake againe, nor be raised from his sleepe till the heauen be no more.

14:13  Oh that thou wouldest hide me in the graue, and keepe me secret, vntill thy wrath were past, and wouldest giue me terme, and remember me.

14:14  If a man die, shall he liue againe? All the dayes of mine appointed time will I waite, till my changing shall come.

14:15  Thou shalt call me, and I shall answere thee: thou louest the worke of thine own hands.

14:16  But nowe thou nombrest my steppes, and doest not delay my sinnes.

14:17  Mine iniquitie is sealed vp, as in a bagge, and thou addest vnto my wickednesse.

14:18  And surely as the mountaine that falleth, commeth to nought, and the rocke that is remooued from his place:

14:19  As the water breaketh the stones, when thou ouerflowest the things which growe in the dust of ye earth: so thou destroyest ye hope of man.

14:20  Thou preuailest alway against him, so that he passeth away: he changeth his face when thou castest him away.

14:21  And he knoweth not if his sonnes shall be honourable, neither shall he vnderstand concerning them, whether they shalbe of lowe degree,

14:22  But while his flesh is vpon him, he shall be sorowfull, and while his soule is in him, it shall mourne.