Job 14:1 - Easy To Read Version \{Job said,\} “We are all human beings. {\cf2\super [24]} Our life is short and full of trouble. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition MAN WHO is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble. American Standard Version (1901) Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble. Common English Bible All of us are born of women, have few days, and are full of turmoil. Catholic Public Domain Version Man, born of woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Man, born of a woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries. |
Jacob said to Pharaoh, “I have had a short life with many troubles. I have lived only 130 years. My father and his ancestors [251] lived to be much older than I am.”
My life is almost finished.\par So leave me alone!\par Let me enjoy the little time I have left,\par
“A man can’t really be pure.\par A person {\cf2\super [25]} can’t be more right than God!\par
Compared to God, no person is good.\par No human being {\cf2\super [45]} can really be pure.\par
In Gods eyes,\par even the moon is not pure and bright,\par even the stars are not pure.\par
But man is born to have trouble,\par as sure as sparks fly up from a fire.\par
“My days go by faster\par than a weaver’s shuttle. {\cf2\super [13]} \par And my life ends without hope.\par
It seems like we were born yesterday.\par We are too young to know for sure.\par Our days on earth are very short,\par like a shadow.\par
“My days go faster than a runner.\par My days fly away and there is\par no happiness in them.\par
Lord, you gave me only a short life. {\cf2\super [236]} \par My short life is nothing,\par compared to you.\par Every person’s life is only like a cloud\par \{that quickly disappears\}.\par No person lives forever! {\cf2\super [237]} \par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [238]})\i0 \par
Our life is like an image \{in a mirror\}. {\cf2\super [239]} \par We rush through life collecting things,\par but we don’t know who will get them\par \{after we die\}.\par
Remember how short my life is:\par You created us to live a short life,\par and then die.\par
This made me hate life. It made me very sad to think that everything in this life {\cf2\super [10]} is useless, like trying to catch the wind. {\cf2\super [11]}
All his life he has pain, frustrations, and hard work. Even at night, a person’s mind does not rest. This is also senseless.
Why did I have to come out of the body?\par All I have seen is trouble and sorrow.\par And my life will end in shame.\par
I tell you the truth: John the Baptizer is greater than any man that has ever lived. But even the least important person in the kingdom of heaven is greater than John.