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“Mortals, born of woman,
are of few days and full of trouble.
are of few days and full of trouble.
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.
They spring up like flowers and wither away;
like fleeting shadows, they do not endure.
like fleeting shadows, they do not endure.
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.
Yet dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
Who can bring what is pure from the impure?
No one!
No one!
Who can bring a clean [man] out of the unclean? Not one!
A person’s days are determined;
you have decreed the number of his months
and have set limits he cannot exceed.
you have decreed the number of his months
and have set limits he cannot exceed.
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,
So look away from him and let him alone,
till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.
till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.
Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
“At least there is hope for a tree:
If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
and its new shoots will not fail.
If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
and its new shoots will not fail.
For there is hope for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease;
Its roots may grow old in the ground
and its stump die in the soil,
and its stump die in the soil,
Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground,
yet at the scent of water it will bud
and put forth shoots like a plant.
and put forth shoots like a plant.
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a young plant.
But a man dies and is laid low;
he breathes his last and is no more.
he breathes his last and is no more.
But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?
As the water of a lake dries up
or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,
or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,
The waters recede from the lake, and the river wasteth and drieth up:
so he lies down and does not rise;
till the heavens are no more, people will not awake
or be roused from their sleep.
till the heavens are no more, people will not awake
or be roused from their sleep.
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.
“If only you would hide me in the grave
and conceal me till your anger has passed!
If only you would set me a time
and then remember me!
and conceal me till your anger has passed!
If only you would set me a time
and then remember me!
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, --
(If a man die, shall he live [again]?) all the days of my time of toil would I wait, till my change should come:
You will call and I will answer you;
you will long for the creature your hands have made.
you will long for the creature your hands have made.
Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee; thou wouldest have a desire after the work of thy hands.
Surely then you will count my steps
but not keep track of my sin.
but not keep track of my sin.
For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
My offenses will be sealed up in a bag;
you will cover over my sin.
you will cover over my sin.
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou heapest up mine iniquity.
“But as a mountain erodes and crumbles
and as a rock is moved from its place,
and as a rock is moved from its place,
And indeed a mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of its place;
as water wears away stones
and torrents wash away the soil,
so you destroy a person’s hope.
and torrents wash away the soil,
so you destroy a person’s hope.
The waters wear the stones, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
You overpower them once for all, and they are gone;
you change their countenance and send them away.
you change their countenance and send them away.
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth away; thou changest his countenance, and dismissest him.
If their children are honored, they do not know it;
if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.
if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not.