Job 14:1-9 ▼

1 Man, born of woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries.

2 He comes forth like a flower, and is crushed, and he flees, as if a shadow, and never remains in the same state.

3 And do you consider it fitting to look down with your eyes on someone in this way and to lead him into judgment with you?

4 Who can make him clean who is conceived of unclean seed? Are you not the only one who can?

5 The days of man are short, and the number of his months is with you; you have determined his limits, which cannot be surpassed.

6 Withdraw a little from him, so that he may rest, until his awaited day arrives, like that of the hired hand.

7 A tree has hope: if it has been cut, it turns green again, and its branches spring forth.

8 If its roots grow old in the earth, and its trunk passes into dust,

9 at the scent of water, it will sprout and bring forth leaves, as when it had first been planted.