Parallel Verses
NET Bible
"Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble.
New American Standard Bible
Is
King James Version
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
Holman Bible
is short of days and full of trouble.
International Standard Version
Human beings born by women are short-lived and full of trouble.
A Conservative Version
Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
American Standard Version
Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble.
Amplified
Is short-lived and full of turmoil.
Bible in Basic English
As for man, the son of woman, his days are short and full of trouble.
Darby Translation
Man, born of woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
Julia Smith Translation
Man being born of woman is short of days and full of disquiet
King James 2000
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"A human being born of a woman [is] short of days and full of troubles.
Modern King James verseion
Man born of woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of divers miseries.
New Heart English Bible
"Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
The Emphasized Bible
Man that is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble:
Webster
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
World English Bible
"Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
Youngs Literal Translation
Man, born of woman! Of few days, and full of trouble!
Themes
Afflictions » General references 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 » Man being born into trouble
Select readings » The brevity of life
Sin » Mankind being sinful in nature
Topics
Interlinear
Yalad
Yowm
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 14:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Continues To Argue His Case With God
1 "Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble. 2 He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.
Names
Cross References
Job 5:7
but people are born to trouble, as surely as the sparks fly upward.
Ecclesiastes 2:23
For all day long his work produces pain and frustration, and even at night his mind cannot relax! This also is futile!
Genesis 47:9
Jacob said to Pharaoh, "All the years of my travels are 130. All the years of my life have been few and painful; the years of my travels are not as long as those of my ancestors."
Job 15:14
What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
Job 25:4
How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure?
Psalm 39:5
Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.
Matthew 11:11
"I tell you the truth, among those born of women, no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he is.
Job 7:1
"Does not humanity have hard service on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man?
Job 7:6
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle and they come to an end without hope.
Job 9:25
"My days are swifter than a runner, they speed by without seeing happiness.
Psalm 51:5
Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.
Ecclesiastes 2:17
So I loathed life because what happens on earth seems awful to me; for all the benefits of wisdom are futile -- like chasing the wind.