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Job 14

Job Speaks of the Finality of Death

¹“Man, who is born of woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil.

²“Like a flower he comes out and withers. He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.

³“You also open Your eyes on him And bring him into judgment with Yourself.

⁴“Who can make the clean out of the unclean? No one!

⁵“Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You; And You have set his limits so that he cannot pass.

⁶“Look away from him so that he may rest, Until he fulfills his day like a hired worker.

⁷¶“For there is hope for a tree, When it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And its shoots will not fail.

⁸“Though its roots grow old in the ground, And its stump dies in the dry soil,

⁹At the scent of water it will flourish And produce sprigs like a plant.

¹⁰“But a man dies and lies prostrate. A person passes away, and where is he?

¹¹“As water evaporates from the sea, And a river becomes parched and dried up,

¹²So a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens no longer exist, He will not awake nor be woken from his sleep.

¹³¶“Oh that You would hide me in Sheol, That You would conceal me until Your wrath returns to You, That You would set a limit for me and remember me!

¹⁴“If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my struggle I will wait Until my relief comes.

¹⁵“You will call, and I will answer You; You will long for the work of Your hands.

¹⁶“For now You number my steps, You do not observe my sin.

¹⁷“My wrongdoing is sealed up in a bag, And You cover over my guilt.

¹⁸¶“But the falling mountain crumbles away, And the rock moves from its place;

¹⁹Water wears away stones, Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth; So You destroy a man’s hope.

²⁰“You forever overpower him and he departs; You change his appearance and send him away.

²¹“His sons achieve honor, but he does not know it; Or they become insignificant, and he does not perceive it.

²²“However, his body pains him, And his soul mourns for himself.”

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Chapter 14

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