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Job Speaks of the Finality of Death
“Man, who is born of woman,
Is short-lived and full of turmoil.
“Man, who is born of woman,
Is short-lived and full of turmoil.
“How frail is humanity!
How short is life, how full of trouble!
How short is life, how full of trouble!
“Like a flower he comes forth and withers.
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
We blossom like a flower and then wither.
Like a passing shadow, we quickly disappear.
Like a passing shadow, we quickly disappear.
“You also open Your eyes on him
And bring him into judgment with Yourself.
And bring him into judgment with Yourself.
Must you keep an eye on such a frail creature
and demand an accounting from me?
and demand an accounting from me?
“Who can make the clean out of the unclean?
No one!
No one!
Who can bring purity out of an impure person?
No one!
No one!
“Since his days are determined,
The number of his months is with You;
And his limits You have set so that he cannot pass.
The number of his months is with You;
And his limits You have set so that he cannot pass.
You have decided the length of our lives.
You know how many months we will live,
and we are not given a minute longer.
You know how many months we will live,
and we are not given a minute longer.
“Turn Your gaze from him that he may rest,
Until he fulfills his day like a hired man.
Until he fulfills his day like a hired man.
So leave us alone and let us rest!
We are like hired hands, so let us finish our work in peace.
We are like hired hands, so let us finish our work in peace.
“For there is hope for a tree,
When it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And its shoots will not fail.
When it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And its shoots will not fail.
“Even a tree has more hope!
If it is cut down, it will sprout again
and grow new branches.
If it is cut down, it will sprout again
and grow new branches.
“Though its roots grow old in the ground
And its stump dies in the dry soil,
And its stump dies in the dry soil,
Though its roots have grown old in the earth
and its stump decays,
and its stump decays,
At the scent of water it will flourish
And put forth sprigs like a plant.
And put forth sprigs like a plant.
at the scent of water it will bud
and sprout again like a new seedling.
and sprout again like a new seedling.
“But man dies and lies prostrate.
Man expires, and where is he?
Man expires, and where is he?
“But when people die, their strength is gone.
They breathe their last, and then where are they?
They breathe their last, and then where are they?
“As water evaporates from the sea,
And a river becomes parched and dried up,
And a river becomes parched and dried up,
As water evaporates from a lake
and a river disappears in drought,
and a river disappears in drought,
So man lies down and does not rise.
Until the heavens are no longer,
He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep.
Until the heavens are no longer,
He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep.
people are laid to rest and do not rise again.
Until the heavens are no more, they will not wake up
nor be roused from their sleep.
Until the heavens are no more, they will not wake up
nor be roused from their sleep.
“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!
That You would conceal me until Your wrath returns to You,
That You would set a limit for me and remember me!
“If a man dies, will he live again?
All the days of my struggle I will wait
Until my change comes.
All the days of my struggle I will wait
Until my change comes.
Can the dead live again?
If so, this would give me hope through all my years of struggle,
and I would eagerly await the release of death.
If so, this would give me hope through all my years of struggle,
and I would eagerly await the release of death.
“You will call, and I will answer You;
You will long for the work of Your hands.
You will long for the work of Your hands.
You would call and I would answer,
and you would yearn for me, your handiwork.
and you would yearn for me, your handiwork.
“For now You number my steps,
You do not observe my sin.
You do not observe my sin.
For then you would guard my steps,
instead of watching for my sins.
instead of watching for my sins.
“My transgression is sealed up in a bag,
And You wrap up my iniquity.
And You wrap up my iniquity.
My sins would be sealed in a pouch,
and you would cover my guilt.
and you would cover my guilt.
“But the falling mountain crumbles away,
And the rock moves from its place;
And the rock moves from its place;
“But instead, as mountains fall and crumble
and as rocks fall from a cliff,
and as rocks fall from a cliff,
Water wears away stones,
Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth;
So You destroy man’s hope.
Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth;
So You destroy man’s hope.
as water wears away the stones
and floods wash away the soil,
so you destroy people’s hope.
and floods wash away the soil,
so you destroy people’s hope.
“You forever overpower him and he departs;
You change his appearance and send him away.
You change his appearance and send him away.
You always overpower them, and they pass from the scene.
You disfigure them in death and send them away.
You disfigure them in death and send them away.
“His sons achieve honor, but he does not know it;
Or they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it.
Or they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it.
They never know if their children grow up in honor
or sink to insignificance.
or sink to insignificance.