Jubilee2000 - Job - 14

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

14:2  He comes forth like an open flower and is cut down; he flees as a shadow and does not remain.

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

14:4  Who can bring a clean [thing] out of an unclean? No one.

14:5  Seeing his days [are] determined, the number of his months [are] with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass.

14:6  If thou should leave him, he will cease [to exist]; until then, he shall desire, as a hireling, his day.

14:7  For there is yet hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again and that its tender branch will not cease.

14:8  Though its root waxes old in the earth and its trunk is dead in the ground,

14:9  at the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a new plant.

14:10  But [when] man shall die and be cut off, and the man shall perish, where shall he be?

14:11  The waters from the sea went, and the river ran out, it dried up.

14:12  So man lies down and does not rise; until there is no heaven, they shall not awake nor be raised out of their sleep.

14:13  O that thou would hide me in Sheol, that thou would keep me covered until thy wrath is past, that thou would appoint me a set time and remember me!

14:14  If a man dies, shall he live [again]? All the days of my appointed time I will wait until my transformation comes.

14:15  [Then] thou shalt call, and I will answer thee; thou wilt have a desire towards the work of thine hands.

14:16  For now thou dost number my steps; thou dost not open up my sin.

14:17  My transgression [is] sealed up in a bag, and thou dost sew up my iniquity.

14:18  And certainly the mountain that falls is undone, and the rocks are removed out of their place.

14:19  The impetuous waters break the stones and wash away the dust of the earth; in like manner thou dost cause man to lose hope.

14:20  Thou shalt be stronger than him for ever, and he passes; thou dost change his countenance and send him away.

14:21  His sons shall be honoured and he shall not know [of it]; or they shall be afflicted, but he shall not perceive of them.

14:22  But [while] his flesh [is] upon him, he shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.: