Job 14

¹ Job intreateth God for favour, by the shortness of life, and certainty of death. ⁷ Though life once lost be irrecoverable, yet he waiteth for his change. ¹⁶ By sin the creature is subject to corruption.

1 Man that isborn of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. ^{▼▼few...: Heb. short of days} 2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 3 And dost thou open thy eyes upon such one, and bring me into judgment with thee? 4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. ^{▼▼can...: Heb. will give} 5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; 6 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. ^{▼▼rest: Heb. cease}

7 For there is hope of a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its tender branch will not cease. 8 Though its root shall become old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground; 9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. 10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? ^{▼▼wasteth...: Heb. is weakened, or, cut off} 11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: 12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens shall be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. 13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest conceal me, until thy wrath is past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! 14 If a man dieth, shall he live again ? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change shall come. 15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thy hands.

16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin? 17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up my iniquity. 18 And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of its place. ^{▼▼cometh...: Heb. fadeth} 19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man. ^{▼▼washest...: Heb. overflowest} 20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. 21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them. 22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.