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 are 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.
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 bring 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 flood decayeth and drieth up:
12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens 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 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 appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine 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 mine iniquity.
18 And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
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.
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.
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