Job 14:1-9 ▼

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

2 He cometh forth like a flower, and withereth; He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

3 And dost Thou open Thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with Thee?

4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

5 Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with Thee, And Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

6 Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

7 For there is hope of a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground;

9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant.