Job 14 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 “Man, who is born of a woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil. “Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble. “Mortals, born of woman, are of few days and full of trouble.
2 “Like a flower he comes forth and withers; He also flees like a shadow and does not remain. He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not. They spring up like flowers and wither away; like fleeting shadows, they do not endure.
3 “You also open Your eyes upon him And bring him into judgment with Yourself. And do you open your eyes on such a one and bring me into judgment with you? Do you fix your eye on them? Will you bring them before you for judgment?
4 “Who can make a clean thing out of the unclean? No one! Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? There is not one. Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No one!
5 “Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You [in Your control], And You have made his limits so he cannot pass [his allotted time]. Since his days are determined, and the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass, A person’s days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.
6 “[O God] turn your gaze from him so that he may rest, Until he fulfills his day [on earth] like a hired man. look away from him and leave him alone, that he may enjoy, like a hired hand, his day. So look away from him and let him alone, till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.
7 “For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the shoots of it will not cease nor fail, [but there is no such hope for man]. “For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease. “At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.
8 “Though its roots grow old in the earth And its stump dies in the dry soil, Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stump die in the soil, Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil,
9 Yet at the scent of water [the stump of the tree] will flourish And bring forth sprigs and shoots like a seedling. yet at the scent of water it will bud and put out branches like a young plant. yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth shoots like a plant.
10 “But [the brave, strong] man must die and lie face down; Man breathes his last, and where is he? But a man dies and is laid low; man breathes his last, and where is he? But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last and is no more.
11 “As water evaporates from the sea, And a river drains and dries up, As waters fail from a lake and a river wastes away and dries up, As the water of a lake dries up or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,
12 So man lies down and does not rise [again]. Until the heavens are no longer, The dead will not awake nor be raised from their sleep. so a man lies down and rises not again; till the heavens are no more he will not awake or be roused out of his sleep. so he lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, people will not awake or be roused from their sleep.
13 “Oh, that You would hide me in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past, That You would set a definite time and then remember me [and in Your lovingkindness imprint me on your heart]! Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would conceal me until your wrath be past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me! “If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If only you would set me a time and then remember me!
14 “If a man dies, will he live again? I will wait all the days of my struggle Until my change and release will come. If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my service I would wait, till my renewal should come. If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come.
15 “[Then] You will call, and I will answer You; You will long for [me] the work of Your hands. You would call, and I would answer you; you would long for the work of your hands. You will call and I will answer you; you will long for the creature your hands have made.
16 “But now You number [each of] my steps; You do not observe nor take note of my sin. For then you would number my steps; you would not keep watch over my sin; Surely then you will count my steps but not keep track of my sin.
17 “My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And You cover my wickedness [from Your view]. my transgression would be sealed up in a bag, and you would cover over my iniquity. My offenses will be sealed up in a bag; you will cover over my sin.
18 “But as a mountain, if it falls, crumbles into nothing, And as the rock is moved from its place, “But the mountain falls and crumbles away, and the rock is removed from its place; “But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and as a rock is moved from its place,
19 Water wears away the stones, Its floods and torrents wash away the soil of the earth, So You [O Lord] destroy the hope of man. the waters wear away the stones; the torrents wash away the soil of the earth; so you destroy the hope of man. as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy a person’s hope.
20 “You prevail forever against him and overpower him, and he passes on; You change his appearance and send him away [from the presence of the living]. You prevail forever against him, and he passes; you change his countenance, and send him away. You overpower them once for all, and they are gone; you change their countenance and send them away.
21 “His sons achieve honor, and he does not know it; They become insignificant, and he is not aware of it. His sons come to honor, and he does not know it; they are brought low, and he perceives it not. If their children are honored, they do not know it; if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.
22 “But his body [lamenting its decay] grieves in pain over it, And his soul mourns over [the loss of] himself.” He feels only the pain of his own body, and he mourns only for himself.” They feel but the pain of their own bodies and mourn only for themselves.”
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