Job 14

¹ Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of divers miseries.

¹ “^(A)Man, who is born of woman,Is ^(a)short-lived and ^(B)full of turmoil.

¹ Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

¹ Man born of womanis short of days and full of trouble.^(A)

¹ Human beings born by women are short-lived and full of trouble.

³ Doest thou open thine eyes upon such one, and bringest me in thy judgment?

³ “You also ^(E)open Your eyes on himAnd ^(F)bring ^(b)him into judgment with Yourself.

³ And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

³ Do You really take notice of one like this?Will You bring me into judgment against You?^(a)(C)

³ Indeed, have you opened your eyes on one like this to bring me into a legal fight with you?

⁵ The days of man are short, the number of his months are known only to thee. Thou hast appointed him his bounds; he cannot go beyond them.

⁵ “Since his days are determined,The ^(H)number of his months is with You;And his limits You have ^(c)set so that he cannot pass.

⁵ Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

⁵ Since man’s days are determinedand the number of his months depends on You,and since You have set^(b) limits he cannot pass,^(D)

⁵ Since his days have been determined, the number of his months is known to you. You've set his limit and he cannot exceed it.

⁷ "If a tree be cut down, there is some hope yet, that it will sprout and shoot forth the branches again;

⁷ “For there is hope for a tree,When it is cut down, that it will sprout again,And its shoots will not ^(f)fail.

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.

⁷ There is hope for a tree:If it is cut down, it will sprout again,and its shoots will not die.

⁷ "There is hope for the tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots won't stop growing.

⁹ yet when the stock getteth the scent of water, it will bud, and bring forth bows, like as when it was first planted.

⁹ At the scent of water it will flourishAnd put forth sprigs like a plant.

⁹ Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

⁹ the smell of water makes it thriveand produce twigs like a sapling.^(F)

⁹ the presence of water will make it to bud so that it sprouts new branches like a young plant.

¹¹ The floods when they be dried up, and the rivers when they be empty, are filled again through the flowing waters of the sea:

¹¹ “As ^(L)water ^(g)evaporates from the sea,And a river becomes parched and dried up,

¹¹ As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

¹¹ As water disappears from the seaand a river becomes parched and dry,

¹¹ As water disappears from the sea, or water evaporates from a river,

¹³ O that thou wouldest keep me, and hide me in the hell, until thy wrath were stilled: and to appoint me a time, wherein thou mightest remember me.

¹³ “Oh that You would hide me in ^(j)Sheol,That You would conceal me ^(N)until Your wrath returns to You,That You would set a limit for me and remember me!

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!

¹³ If only You would hide me in Sheol^(H)and conceal me until Your anger^(I) passes.If only You would appoint a time for meand then remember me.

¹³ "Won't you keep me safe in the afterlife? Conceal me until your anger subsides. Set an appointment for me, then remember me.

¹⁵ If thou wouldest but call me, I should obey thee: only despise not the work of thine own hands.

¹⁵ “You will call, and I will answer You;You will long for ^(O)the work of Your hands.

¹⁵ Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

¹⁵ You would call, and I would answer You.You would long for the work of Your hands.^(L)

¹⁵ You'll call and I'll answer you; you'll long for your creatures that your hands have made.

¹⁷ Thou hast sealed up mine offenses, as it were in a bag: but be merciful unto my wickedness.

¹⁷ “My transgression is ^(R)sealed up in a bag,And You ^(k)wrap up my iniquity.

¹⁷ My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.

¹⁷ My rebellion would be sealed up in a bag,and You would cover over my iniquity.

¹⁷ My transgressions would be sealed up in a bag; you would cover over my sins.

¹⁹ the waters pierce through the very stones by little and little, the floods wash away the gravel and the earth. Even so destroyest thou the hope of man in like manner.

¹⁹ Water wears away stones,Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth;So You ^(S)destroy man’s hope.

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.

¹⁹ as water wears away stonesand torrents wash away the soil from the land,so You destroy a man’s hope.^(O)

¹⁹ Water wears away stones; floods wash away topsoil from the land but you destroy the hope of human beings just like that!

²¹ Whether his children come to worship or no, he cannot tell: And if they be men of low degree, he knoweth not.

²¹ “His sons achieve honor, but ^(U)he does not know it;Or they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it.

²¹ His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

²¹ If his sons receive honor, he does not know it;if they become insignificant, he is unaware of it.^(P)

²¹ "If his children are honored, he doesn't know it; if they become insignificant, he never perceives it.