Thematic Bible
Job 14:1 (show verse)
Man born of woman, lives a short life that is full of trouble.
Afflictions » General references to
Afflictions » Man is born to
natural Death » Regard, as at hand
Distress » Sorrow » Common to all men
Employee » Character of unrighteous
natural Life » Described as » Short
natural Life » Described as » Full of trouble
Man » The days of man
Man » Man being born into trouble
Man » Has but few days
Select readings » The brevity of life
Sin » Mankind being sinful in nature
Trials » General references to
Trouble » Common to all men
Trouble » Who is born into trouble
Afflictions » Man is born to
natural Death » Regard, as at hand
Distress » Sorrow » Common to all men
Employee » Character of unrighteous
natural Life » Described as » Short
natural Life » Described as » Full of trouble
Man » The days of man
Man » Man being born into trouble
Man » Has but few days
Select readings » The brevity of life
Sin » Mankind being sinful in nature
Trials » General references to
Trouble » Common to all men
Trouble » Who is born into trouble
Job 14:2 (show verse)
He springs up like a flower and fades away. He is like a fleeting shadow and does not endure.
death » Miscellaneous subjects » Fleeing as a shadow
death » Miscellaneous subjects » Being cut down
natural Death » Regard, as at hand
natural Death » Described as » Fleeing as a shadow
natural Death » Described as » Being cut down
Flowers » Illustrative of » Shortness of man's life
Life » Uncertainty of physical » Like hurrying messengers
Life » Brief » Like hurrying messengers
natural Life » Is compared to » A flower
Man » The days of man
Man » Man being born into trouble
Select readings » The brevity of life
Sin » Mankind being sinful in nature
Time » Brevity of » Like hurrying messengers
Trouble » Who is born into trouble
death » Miscellaneous subjects » Being cut down
natural Death » Regard, as at hand
natural Death » Described as » Fleeing as a shadow
natural Death » Described as » Being cut down
Flowers » Illustrative of » Shortness of man's life
Life » Uncertainty of physical » Like hurrying messengers
Life » Brief » Like hurrying messengers
natural Life » Is compared to » A flower
Man » The days of man
Man » Man being born into trouble
Select readings » The brevity of life
Sin » Mankind being sinful in nature
Time » Brevity of » Like hurrying messengers
Trouble » Who is born into trouble
Job 14:3 (show verse)
Do you look on such a person? Will you bring him before you for judgment?
Job 14:4 (show verse)
Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No one!
Job 14:5 (show verse)
Man's days are determined. You have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.
Job 14:6 (show verse)
So look away from him and let him alone, till he has put in his time like a hired man.
Job 14:7 (show verse)
At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.
Job 14:8 (show verse)
Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil,
Job 14:9 (show verse)
yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth growth like a plant.
Job 14:10 (show verse)
On the other hand man dies and is laid low. He breathes his last and is no more!
Job 14:11 (show verse)
Just like water that disappears from the sea or a riverbed that becomes parched and dry,
No Themes for this verse.
Job 14:12 (show verse)
so men lie down and do not rise. Until the heavens are no more, men will not awake or be roused from their sleep.
Job 14:13 (show verse)
If only you would hide me in the grave (Sheol) and conceal me till your anger has passed! If only you would set a time for me and then remember me!
Job 14:14 (show verse)
If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my change (release) to come.
Job 14:15 (show verse)
You will call and I will answer you! You will long for the creature your hands have made.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 14:16 (show verse)
Surely then you will count my steps but not keep track of my sin.
Job 14:17 (show verse)
My transgressions will be sealed up in a bag. You will cover over my sin.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 14:18 (show verse)
As a mountain erodes and crumbles and as a rock is moved from its place,
Job 14:19 (show verse)
as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy man's hope.
Job 14:20 (show verse)
You overpower him once and for all, and he is gone! You change his countenance and send him away.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 14:21 (show verse)
His sons are honored and he does not know it. They are brought low and he does not see it.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 14:22 (show verse)
He feels but the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.