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Job 14

Jewish Publication Society 1917 · Berean Standard Bible

14:1

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

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14:2

He cometh forth like a flower, and withereth; He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

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14:3

And dost Thou open Thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with Thee?

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14:4

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

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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;

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14:6

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

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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.

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14:8

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

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14:9

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

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14:10

But man dieth, and lieth low; Yea, man perisheth, and where is he?

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14:11

As the waters fail from the sea, And the river is drained dry;

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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.

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14:13

Oh that Thou wouldest hide me in the nether-world, That Thou wouldest keep me secret, until Thy wrath be past, That Thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!—

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14:14

If a man die, may he live again? All the days of my service would I wait, till my relief should come—

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14:15

Thou wouldest call, and I would answer Thee; Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of Thy hands.

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14:16

But now Thou numberest my steps, Thou dost not even wait for my sin;

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14:17

My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And Thou heapest up mine iniquity.

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14:18

And surely the mountain falling crumbleth away, And the rock is removed out of its place;

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14:19

The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth; So Thou destroyest the hope of man.

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14:20

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

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14:21

His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he regardeth them not.

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14:22

But his flesh grieveth for him, And his soul mourneth over him.

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