Job 14 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Man being born of woman is short of days and full of disquiet. “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 And as a flower he will come forth, and will be cut down: and he will flee as a shadow, and shall not stand. 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 Also upon this one didst thou open thine eyes? and wilt thou bring Me into judgment with thee? 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 For who shall give a clean thing from an unclean? Not 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 If his days are determined, the number of his months with thee; thou madest his limit; he shall not pass over. 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 Look away from him and be shall cease, till he shall delight as an hireling in his day. 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 shall be cut down, and it shall yet revive, and its suckers shall not cease. “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 If its root shall grow old in the earth, and its trunk shall die in the dust. 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 From the smell of water it will break forth, and make foliage as a plant. 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 And man will die and be weak: and man will expire, 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 The waters departed from the sea, and the river will be wasted and dried 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 And man lay down and he will not rise: till the heavens be no more they shall not awake and rise 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 Who will give thou wilt hide me in hades? wilt thou cover me till the turning away of thine anger? wilt thou set for me a limit, and wilt thou remember me? 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 die, shall he live? All the days of my warfare I will wait till the coming of my change. 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 Thou shalt call and I will answer thee: thou wilt long for the work of thy 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 For now thou wilt count my steps: wilt thou not watch over 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 purse, and thou wilt patch upon mine iniquity. 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 And yet the mountain falling shill decay, and the rock shall be removed 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 The waters rubbed the stones: thou wilt overflow the flowings of the dust of the earth; and thou didst 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 Thou wilt overpower him forever, and he will go away: changing his face, thou wilt send him away. 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 will be honored and he knew not: they will be brought low, and he will not understand for them. 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 flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul upon him shall mourn. 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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