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<p class="indent2"> Will You bring him into judgment before You? <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Who can bring out clean from unclean? <p class="indent2"> No one! <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Since his days are determined <p class="indent2"> and the number of his months is with You, <p class="indent1"> and since You have set limits <p class="indent2"> that he cannot exceed, <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>look away from him and let him rest, <p class="indent2"> so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For there is hope for a tree: <p class="indent2"> If it is cut down, it will sprout again, <p class="indent2"> and its tender shoots will not fail. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If its roots grow old in the ground <p class="indent2"> and its stump dies in the soil, <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>at the scent of water it will bud <p class="indent2"> and put forth twigs like a sapling. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But a man dies and is laid low; <p class="indent2"> he breathes his last, and where is he? <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>As water disappears from the sea <p class="indent2"> and a river becomes parched and dry, <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>so a man lies down <p class="indent2"> and does not rise. <p class="indent1"> Until the heavens are no more, <p class="indent2"> he will not be awakened or roused from sleep. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>If only You would hide me in Sheol <p class="indent2"> and conceal me until Your anger has passed! <p class="indent1"> If only You would appoint a time for me <p class="indent2"> and then remember me! <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>When a man dies, will he live again? <p class="indent2"> All the days of my hard service I will wait, <p class="indent2"> until my renewal<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> comes. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>You will call, and I will answer; <p class="indent2"> You will desire the work of Your hands. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For then You would count my steps, <p class="indent2"> but would not keep track of my sin. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>My transgression would be sealed in a bag, <p class="indent2"> and You would cover over my iniquity. <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But as a mountain erodes and crumbles <p class="indent2"> and a rock is dislodged from its place, <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>as water wears away the stones <p class="indent2"> and torrents wash away the soil, <p class="indent2"> so You destroy a man’s hope. <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>You forever overpower him, and he passes on; <p class="indent2"> You change his countenance and send him away. <A name="22"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; <p class="indent2"> if they are brought low, he is unaware. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>He feels only the pain of his own body <p class="indent2"> and mourns only for himself.”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>my change</i> or <i>my relief</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="//majoritybible.com">The Holy Bible, Majority Standard Bible, MSB</a> is produced in cooperation with <a href="//biblehub.com">Bible Hub</a>, <a href="//discoverybible.com">Discovery Bible</a>, <a href="//openbible.com">OpenBible.com</a>, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. 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