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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Job 14 Catholic Public Domain Version</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/job/14.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/job/14-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CPDV</a> > Job 14</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../job/13.htm" title="Job 13">◄</a> Job 14 <a href="../job/15.htm" title="Job 15">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Catholic Public Domain Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/job/14-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Job Laments the Finality of Death<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Man, born of woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He comes forth like a flower, and is crushed, and he flees, as if a shadow, and never remains in the same state.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And do you consider it fitting to look down with your eyes on someone in this way and to lead him into judgment with you?<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Who can make him clean who is conceived of unclean seed? Are you not the only one who can?<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The days of man are short, and the number of his months is with you; you have determined his limits, which cannot be surpassed.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Withdraw a little from him, so that he may rest, until his awaited day arrives, like that of the hired hand.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>A tree has hope: if it has been cut, it turns green again, and its branches spring forth.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If its roots grow old in the earth, and its trunk passes into dust,<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>at the scent of water, it will sprout and bring forth leaves, as when it had first been planted.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Truly, when a man dies, and has been left unprotected, and has decayed, I ask you where is he?<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>It is as if the waters had receded from the sea and an emptied river had dried up;<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>just so, when a man is fallen asleep, he will not rise again, until the heavens are worn away; he will not awaken, nor rise from his sleep.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Who will grant this to me, that you will protect me in the underworld, and hide me until your fury passes by, and establish a time for me, in which you will remember me?<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Do you suppose that a dead man will live again? On each of the days in which I now battle, I wait until my transformation occurs.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>You will call me and I will answer you; to the work of your hands, you will extend your right hand.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Indeed, you have numbered my steps, but you have been lenient with my sins.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>You have sealed up my offenses, as if in a purse, but you have cured my iniquity.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>A falling mountain flows away, and a stone is transferred from its place.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Waters wear away stones, and with a flood the land is reduced little by little; and similarly, you will destroy man.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>You have strengthened him for a little while, so that he may cross over into eternity. You will change his face and send him forth.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Whether his sons have been noble or ignoble, he will not understand.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And in this way his body, while he yet lives, will have grief, and his soul will mourn over himself.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Catholic Public Domain Version<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 15" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>