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Job 14 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Job Speaks of Life’s Woes
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:1 - “Man who is born of woman
Is of few days and full of trouble.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:2 - He comes forth like a flower and fades away;
He flees like a shadow and does not continue.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:3 - And do You open Your eyes on such a one,
And bring me[fn] to judgment with Yourself?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:4 - Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
No one!
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:5 - Since his days are determined,
The number of his months is with You;
You have appointed his limits, so that he cannot pass.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:6 - Look away from him that he may rest,
Till like a hired man he finishes his day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:7 - “For there is hope for a tree,
If it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And that its tender shoots will not cease.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:8 - Though its root may grow old in the earth,
And its stump may die in the ground,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:9 - Yet at the scent of water it will bud
And bring forth branches like a plant.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:10 - But man dies and is laid away;
Indeed he breathes his last
And where is he?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:11 - As water disappears from the sea,
And a river becomes parched and dries up,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:12 - So man lies down and does not rise.
Till the heavens are no more,
They will not awake
Nor be roused from their sleep.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:13 - “Oh, that You would hide me in the grave,
That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,
That You would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:14 - If a man dies, shall he live again?
All the days of my hard service I will wait,
Till my change comes.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:15 - You shall call, and I will answer You;
You shall desire the work of Your hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:16 - For now You number my steps,
But do not watch over my sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:17 - My transgression is sealed up in a bag,
And You cover[fn] my iniquity.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:18 - “But as a mountain falls and crumbles away,
And as a rock is moved from its place;
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:19 - As water wears away stones,
And as torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
So You destroy the hope of man.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:20 - You prevail forever against him, and he passes on;
You change his countenance and send him away.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:21 - His sons come to honor, and he does not know it;
They are brought low, and he does not perceive it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:22 - But his flesh will be in pain over it,
And his soul will mourn over it.”
NKJV Footnotes
Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read him.
Literally plaster over
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