Job 14:1
New International Version
“Mortals, born of woman, are of few days and full of trouble.

New Living Translation
“How frail is humanity! How short is life, how full of trouble!

English Standard Version
“Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble.

Berean Standard Bible
“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.

King James Bible
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

New King James Version
“Man who is born of woman Is of few days and full of trouble.

New American Standard Bible
“Man, who is born of woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil.

NASB 1995
“Man, who is born of woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil.

NASB 1977
“Man, who is born of woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil.

Legacy Standard Bible
“Man, who is born of woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil.

Amplified Bible
“Man, who is born of a woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil.

Christian Standard Bible
Anyone born of woman is short of days and full of trouble.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Man born of woman is short of days and full of trouble.

American Standard Version
Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble.

Contemporary English Version
Life is short and sorrowful for every living soul.

English Revised Version
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"A person who is born of a woman is short-lived and is full of trouble.

Good News Translation
We are all born weak and helpless. All lead the same short, troubled life.

International Standard Version
Human beings born by women are short-lived and full of trouble.

Majority Standard Bible
“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.

NET Bible
"Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble.

New Heart English Bible
"Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
“Man, born of woman! Of few days, and full of trouble!

Young's Literal Translation
Man, born of woman! Of few days, and full of trouble!

Smith's Literal Translation
Man being born of woman is short of days and full of disquiet.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Man born of a woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Man, born of woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries.

New American Bible
Man born of woman is short-lived and full of trouble,

New Revised Standard Version
“A mortal, born of woman, few of days and full of trouble,
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
MAN that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Thus is the man born of woman, and he is few of days and suffers terror
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For a mortal born of a woman is short lived, and full of wrath.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Job Laments the Finality of Death
1“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble. 2Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.…

Cross References
Psalm 39:4-5
“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is. / You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah

Psalm 90:10
The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

James 4:14
You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?

Isaiah 40:6-8
A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field. / The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass. / The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”

1 Peter 1:24
For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,

Psalm 103:15-16
As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field; / when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.

Ecclesiastes 2:23
Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.

1 Chronicles 29:15
For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

Psalm 144:4
Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.

Ecclesiastes 3:20
All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.

Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”

Romans 5:12
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.

2 Corinthians 4:17-18
For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison. / So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Ecclesiastes 12:7
before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.


Treasury of Scripture

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

born

Job 15:14
What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Job 25:4
How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

Psalm 51:5
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

of few days.

Job 7:1,6
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling? …

Job 9:25
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

Genesis 47:9
And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

full

Job 5:7
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

Ecclesiastes 2:17,23
Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit…

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Man
The Hebrew word for "man" here is "אִישׁ" (ish), which often denotes a human being in a general sense, emphasizing the frailty and mortality of humanity. In the context of Job, this term underscores the universal nature of human suffering and the shared experience of life's brevity and challenges. It reminds us that all people, regardless of status or righteousness, are subject to the same earthly limitations and trials.

who is born of woman
This phrase highlights the natural and humble origins of every human being. The Hebrew word for "woman" is "אִשָּׁה" (ishah), which connects to the creation narrative in Genesis, where woman is formed from man. This phrase emphasizes the commonality of human experience, as all are born through the same process, inheriting the fallen nature of humanity post-Eden. It serves as a reminder of the original sin and the subsequent curse that brought pain and toil into human existence.

is short of days
The brevity of life is a recurring theme in the Bible, and here it is expressed through the Hebrew word "קָצַר" (qatsar), meaning "to be short" or "to be shortened." This reflects the transient nature of human life, echoing the sentiments found in Psalms and Ecclesiastes about the fleeting nature of our earthly existence. It calls believers to live with an eternal perspective, valuing each moment and seeking to fulfill God's purpose within the limited time allotted to us.

and full of trouble
The Hebrew word for "trouble" is "רֹגֶז" (rogez), which can also mean turmoil or agitation. This word captures the essence of human life as one filled with challenges, suffering, and unrest. In the context of Job, it speaks to the intense personal suffering he endures, yet it also resonates with the broader human condition. This acknowledgment of life's difficulties encourages believers to rely on God's strength and wisdom, trusting in His sovereign plan even amidst trials.

XIV.

(1) Man that is born of a woman is of few days.--He now takes occasion to dilate on the miserable estate of man generally, rising from the particular instance in himself to the common lot of the race. It is not improbable that these words should be connected with the last of the former chapter. He, as a rotten thing, consumeth--a man born of woman, short of days and full of trouble, who came forth as a flower and was (began to be) cut off (at once); who fled as the shadow that abideth not. After having resolved to come into judgment with God, he pictures to himself the miserable creature with whom God will have to contend if He contends with him.

Verses 1-22. - This chapter, in which Job concludes the fourth of his addresses, is characterized by a tone of mild and gentle expostulation, which contrasts with the comparative vehemence and passion of the two preceding chapters. It would seem that the patriarch, having vented his feelings, experiences a certain relief, an interval of calm, in which, his own woes pressing less heavily upon him, he is content to moralize on the general condition of humanity. Verse 1. - Man that is born of a woman. In this fact Job sees the origin of man's inherent weakness. He is "born of a woman," who is "the weaker vessel" (1 Peter 3:7). He is conceived by her in uncleanness (Psalm 51:5; comp. below, ver. 4), brought forth in sorrow and pain (Genesis 3:16) suckled at her breasts, placed for years under her guidance. No wonder that he shares the weakness of which she is a sort of type. Is of few days; literally, short of days. Length and shortness of days are, no doubt, relative; and it is difficult to say what term of life would not have seemed short to men as they looked back upon it. To Jacob, at the age of a hundred and thirty, it appeared that "few and evil had the days of the years of his life been" (Genesis 47:9). Methuselah, perhaps, thought the same. We all, as we come towards old age, and death draws manifestly near, feel as if we had only just begun to live, as if, at any rate, we had not done half our work, and were about to be cut off before our time. But would the case be seriously different if our tale of years were doubled? And fall of trouble (comp. Job 5:7).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Man,
אָ֭דָם (’ā·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

who is born
יְל֣וּד (yə·lūḏ)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

of woman,
אִשָּׁ֑ה (’iš·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

is short
קְצַ֥ר (qə·ṣar)
Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7116: Short

of days
יָ֝מִ֗ים (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3117: A day

and full
וּֽשְׂבַֽע־ (ū·śə·ḇa‘-)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7646: To be sated, satisfied or surfeited

of trouble.
רֹֽגֶז׃ (rō·ḡez)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7267: Commotion, restlessness, crash, disquiet, anger


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