Job 14 - American Standard Version 2015

¹ Man, that is born of a woman,\par\tab Is of few days, and full of trouble.

² He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down:\par\tab He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

³ And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one,\par\tab And bringest me into judgment with thee?

⁴ Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

⁵ Seeing his days are determined,\par\tab The number of his months is with thee,\par\tab And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

⁶ Look away from him, that he may rest,\par\tab Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

⁷ For there is hope of a tree,\par\tab If it be cut down, that it will sprout again,\par\tab And that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

⁸ Though the root thereof wax old in the earth,\par\tab And the stock thereof die in the ground;

⁹ Yet through the scent of water it will bud,\par\tab And put forth boughs like a plant.

¹⁰ But man dieth, and is laid low:\par\tab Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

¹¹ {\i As} the waters fail from the sea,\par\tab And the river wasteth and drieth up;

¹² So man lieth down and riseth not:\par\tab Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake,\par\tab Nor be roused out of their sleep.\par

¹³ Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol,\par\tab That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past,\par\tab That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

¹⁴ If a man die, shall he live {\i again}?\par\tab All the days of my warfare would I wait,\par\tab Till my release should come.

¹⁵ Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee:\par\tab Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands.

¹⁶ But now thou numberest my steps:\par\tab Dost thou not watch over my sin?

¹⁷ My transgression is sealed up in a bag,\par\tab And thou fastenest up mine iniquity.\par

¹⁸ But the mountain falling cometh to nought;\par\tab And the rock is removed out of its place;

¹⁹ The waters wear the stones;\par\tab The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth:\par\tab So thou destroyest the hope of man.

²⁰ Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth;\par\tab Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

²¹ His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not;\par\tab And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

²² But his flesh upon him hath pain,\par\tab And his soul within him mourneth.\par