Job 14

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Job 14

Job Speaks of the Finality of Death

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

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“^(C)Like a flower he comes forth and withers.
He also flees like ^(D)a shadow and does not remain.

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

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“^(G)Who can make the clean out of the unclean?
No one!

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“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.

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“^(I)Turn Your gaze from him that he may ^(d)rest,
Until he ^(e)fulfills his day like a hired man.

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

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“Though its roots grow old in the ground
And its stump dies in the dry soil,

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At the scent of water it will flourish
And put forth sprigs like a plant.

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“But ^(J)man dies and lies prostrate.
Man ^(K)expires, and where is he?

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

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So ^(M)man lies down and does not rise.
Until the heavens are no longer,
^(h)He will not awake nor be aroused out of ⁽ⁱ⁾his sleep.

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“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!

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“If a man dies, will he live again?
All the days of my struggle I will wait
Until my change comes.

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

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“For now You ^(P)number my steps,
You do not ^(Q)observe my sin.

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

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“But the falling mountain ^(l)crumbles away,
And the rock moves from its place;

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

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“You forever overpower him and he ^(T)departs;
You change his appearance and send him away.

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

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“But his ^(m)body pains him,
And he mourns only for himself.”

Footnotes:

a. Job 14:1: ['Lit ', short of days]

b. Job 14:3: ['So with some ancient versions; M.T. ', me]

c. Job 14:5: ['Lit ', made]

d. Job 14:6: ['Lit ', cease]

e. Job 14:6: ['Lit ', makes acceptable]

f. Job 14:7: ['Or ', cease]

g. Job 14:11: ['Lit ', disappears]

h. Job 14:12: ['Lit ', They]

i. Job 14:12: ['Lit ', their]

j. Job 14:13: ['I.e. the nether world']

k. Job 14:17: ['Lit ', plaster, '; or ', glue together]

l. Job 14:18: ['Lit ', withers]

m. Job 14:22: ['Lit ', flesh]

Cross references:

A. Job 14:1: Job 5:7

C. Job 14:2: Psalm 90:5; Psalm 90:6; Psalm 103:15; Isaiah 40:6; Isaiah 40:7; James 1:10; 1 Peter 1:24

D. Job 14:2: Job 8:9

E. Job 14:3: Psalm 8:4; Psalm 144:3

F. Job 14:3: Psalm 143:2

G. Job 14:4: Job 15:14; Job 25:4; Psalm 51:5

H. Job 14:5: Job 21:21

I. Job 14:6: Job 7:19; Psalm 39:13

J. Job 14:10: Job 3:13; Job 14:10-15

K. Job 14:10: Job 13:9

L. Job 14:11: Isaiah 19:5

M. Job 14:12: Job 3:13

N. Job 14:13: Isaiah 26:20

O. Job 14:15: Job 10:3

P. Job 14:16: Job 31:4; Job 34:21; Psalm 139:1-3; Proverbs 5:21

Q. Job 14:16: Job 10:6

R. Job 14:17: Deuteronomy 32:32-34

S. Job 14:19: Job 7:6

T. Job 14:20: Job 4:20; Job 20:7