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Job Acknowledges the Finality of Death
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
Job Continues: Death Comes Soon to All
“Man who is born of a woman
is few of days and full of trouble.
“Man who is born of a woman
is few of days and full of trouble.
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
He comes out like a flower and withers;
he flees like a shadow and continues not.
he flees like a shadow and continues not.
And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
And do you open your eyes on such a one
and bring me into judgment with you?
and bring me into judgment with you?
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
There is not one.
There is not one.
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
Since his days are determined,
and the number of his months is with you,
and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass,
and the number of his months is with you,
and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass,
Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
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.
“For there is hope for a tree,
if it be cut down, that it will sprout again,
and that its shoots will not cease.
if it be cut down, that it will sprout again,
and that its shoots will not cease.
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
Though its root grow old in the earth,
and its stump die in the soil,
and its stump die in the soil,
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
yet at the scent of water it will bud
and put out branches like a young plant.
and put out branches like a young plant.
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
But a man dies and is laid low;
man breathes his last, and where is he?
man breathes his last, and where is he?
As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
As waters fail from a lake
and a river wastes away and dries up,
and a river wastes away and dries up,
So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
so a man lies down and rises not again;
till the heavens are no more he will not awake
or be roused out of his sleep.
till the heavens are no more he will not awake
or be roused out of his sleep.
O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
Oh that you would hide me in Sheol,
that you would conceal me until your wrath be past,
that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
that you would conceal me until your wrath be 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 appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
You would call, and I would answer you;
you would long for the work of your hands.
you would long for the work of your hands.
For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
For then you would number my steps;
you would not keep watch over my sin;
you would not keep watch over my sin;
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
my transgression would be sealed up in a bag,
and you would cover over my iniquity.
and you would cover over my iniquity.
And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
“But the mountain falls and crumbles away,
and the rock is removed from its place;
and the rock is removed from its place;
The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
the waters wear away the stones;
the torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
so you destroy the hope of man.
the torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
so you destroy the hope of man.
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
You prevail forever against him, and he passes;
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, but he perceiveth it not of them.
His sons come to honor, and he does not know it;
they are brought low, and he perceives it not.
they are brought low, and he perceives it not.