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Job Acknowledges the Finality of Death
Man, born of woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
Man, born of woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.
He comes forth like a flower and fades away;
He flees like a shadow and does not continue.
He flees like a shadow and does not continue.
Yet dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
Who can bring a clean [man] out of the unclean? Not one!
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
No one!
No one!
If his days are determined, if the number of his months is with thee, [and] thou hast appointed his bounds which he must not pass,
Since his days are determined,
The number of his months is with You;
You have appointed his limits, so that he cannot pass.
The number of his months is with You;
You have appointed his limits, so that he cannot pass.
Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
For there is hope for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease;
“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.
If it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And that its tender shoots will not cease.
Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground,
Though its root may grow old in the earth,
And its stump may die in the ground,
And its stump may die in the ground,
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a young plant.
Yet at the scent of water it will bud
And bring forth branches like a plant.
And bring forth branches like a plant.
But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?
The waters recede from the lake, and the river wasteth and drieth up:
As water disappears from the sea,
And a river becomes parched and dries up,
And a river becomes parched and dries up,
So man lieth down, and riseth not again; till the heavens be no more, they do not awake, nor are raised out of their sleep.
So man lies down and does not rise.
Till the heavens are no more,
They will not awake
Nor be roused from their sleep.
Till the heavens are no more,
They will not awake
Nor be roused from their sleep.
Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldest keep me secret until thine anger be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me, --
“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!
That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,
That You would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
(If a man die, shall he live [again]?) all the days of my time of toil would I wait, till my change should come:
If a man dies, shall he live again?
All the days of my hard service I will wait,
Till my change comes.
All the days of my hard service I will wait,
Till my change comes.
Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee; thou wouldest have a desire after the work of thy hands.
You shall call, and I will answer You;
You shall desire the work of Your hands.
You shall desire the work of Your hands.
For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
For now You number my steps,
But do not watch over my sin.
But do not watch over my sin.
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou heapest up mine iniquity.
And indeed a mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of its place;
“But as a mountain falls and crumbles away,
And as a rock is moved from its place;
And as a rock is moved from its place;
The waters wear the stones, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
As water wears away stones,
And as torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
So You destroy the hope of man.
And as torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
So You destroy the hope of man.
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth away; thou changest his countenance, and dismissest him.
You prevail forever against him, and he passes on;
You change his countenance and send him away.
You change his countenance and send him away.
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not.
His sons come to honor, and he does not know it;
They are brought low, and he does not perceive it.
They are brought low, and he does not perceive it.