Bible, King James Version
Job
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.
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