JOB 14
1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
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 thine eyes upon such an one, 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, the number of his months is with thee, and thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
6 Look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
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.
8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant.
10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the river decayeth and drieth up;
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.
13 Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my warfare would I wait, till my release should come.
15 Thou shouldest call, and I would answer thee: thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thine hands.
16 But now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou fastenest up mine iniquity.
18 And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of its place;
19 The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: and thou destroyest the hope of man.
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 hath pain, and his soul within him mourneth.
Cross-references
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- 1Job 5:7, Ecc 2:23, Job 25:4, Mat 11:11, Job 7:1, Job 9:25, Job 7:6, Job 15:14
- 2Isa 40:6–8, 1Pe 1:24, Job 8:9, Psa 103:15–16, 1Ch 29:15, Jas 4:14, Jas 1:10–11, Psa 144:4
- 3Psa 144:3, Psa 143:2, Psa 8:4, Job 9:19–20, Job 13:27, Rom 3:19, Job 7:17–18, Job 13:25
- 4Jhn 3:6, Job 15:14, Eph 2:3, Rom 8:8–9, Psa 51:5, Luk 1:35, Job 25:4–6, Rom 5:12
- 5Psa 39:4, Act 17:26, Job 12:10, Heb 9:27, Psa 104:29, Dan 5:26, Job 21:21, Luk 12:20
- 6Job 7:19, Psa 39:13, Job 7:1–2, Job 10:20, Job 7:16, Mat 20:1–8
- 7Isa 27:6, Isa 11:1, Job 14:14, Dan 4:23–25, Job 19:10, Dan 4:15
- 81Co 15:36, Isa 26:19, Jhn 12:24
- 9Rom 11:17–24, Ezk 17:22–24, Ezk 19:10, Ezk 17:3–10
- 10Job 19:26, Job 7:7–10, Pro 14:32, Gen 49:33, Luk 16:22–23, Mat 27:50, Job 11:20, Job 14:12
- 11Isa 19:5, Jer 15:18, Job 6:15–18
- 12Job 10:21–22, Isa 26:19, Job 3:13, Ecc 3:19–21, 2Pe 3:10–13, Job 30:23, 2Pe 3:7, Job 7:21
- 13Mrk 13:32, Isa 26:20–21, Isa 57:1–2, Act 17:31, Psa 106:4, Gen 8:1, Luk 23:42, Act 1:7
- 141Co 15:51–52, Psa 27:14, Job 7:1, Act 26:8, Php 3:21, Rev 20:13, Job 14:5, Jhn 5:28–29
- 15Psa 138:8, Job 13:22, 1Pe 4:19, Job 10:3, Job 10:8, Job 7:21, 1Jn 2:28, 1Th 4:17
- 16Job 10:6, Job 31:4, Job 34:21, Psa 139:1–4, Pro 5:21, Job 33:11, Jer 32:19, Job 13:27
- 17Deu 32:34, Hos 13:12, Job 21:19
- 18Rev 6:14, Job 18:4, Jer 4:24, Rev 8:8, Isa 41:15–16, Rev 20:11, Mat 27:51, Isa 64:1
- 19Job 27:8, Job 7:6, Job 19:10, Luk 12:19–20, Gen 6:17, Psa 30:6–7, Gen 7:21–23, Ezk 37:11
- 20Job 2:12, Job 14:14, Ecc 8:8, Lam 4:8
- 21Ecc 9:5, Isa 63:16, Ecc 2:18–19, 1Sa 4:20, Psa 39:6, Isa 39:7–8
- 22Job 19:26, Luk 16:23–24, Job 19:20, Pro 14:32, Job 19:22, Job 33:19–21