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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">Christian Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/csb/esv/job/14.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><section epub:type="chapter" id="csb-Job.14" /><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.14.1" /><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Anyone born of woman</p><p class="poem">is short of days and full of trouble.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.14.1.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.14.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He blossoms like a flower, then withers;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.14.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">he flees like a shadow and does not last.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.14.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Do you really take notice of one like this?</p><p class="poem">Will you bring me into judgment against you?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.14.3.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.14.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.14.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Who can produce something pure from what is impure?</p><p class="poem">No one!</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.14.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Since a person’s days are determined</p><p class="poem">and the number of his months depends on you,</p><p class="poem">and since you have set<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.14.5.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> limits he cannot pass,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.14.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.14.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>look away from him and let him rest</p><p class="poem">so that he can enjoy his day like a hired worker.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.14.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.14.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>There is hope for a tree:</p><p class="poem">If it is cut down, it will sprout again,</p><p class="poem">and its shoots will not die.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.14.8" /> <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 ground</p><p class="poem">and its stump starts to die in the soil,</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.14.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>the scent of water makes it thrive</p><p class="poem">and produce twigs like a sapling.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.14.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.14.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But a person dies and fades away;</p><p class="poem">he breathes his last — where is he?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.14.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>As water disappears from a lake</p><p class="poem">and a river becomes parched and dry,</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.14.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>so people lie down never to rise again.</p><p class="poem">They will not wake up until the heavens are no more;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.14.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">they will not stir from their sleep.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.14.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>If only you would hide me in Sheol<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.14.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and conceal me until your anger<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.14.13.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> passes.</p><p class="poem">If only you would appoint a time for me</p><p class="poem">and then remember me.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.14.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>When a person dies, will he come back to life?</p><p class="poem">If so, I would wait<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.14.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> all the days of my struggle<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.14.14.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">until my relief comes.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.14.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>You would call, and I would answer you.</p><p class="poem">You would long for the work of your hands.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.14.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.14.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For then you would count my steps<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.14.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">but would not take note<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.14.16.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> of my sin.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.14.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>My rebellion would be sealed up in a bag,</p><p class="poem">and you would cover over my iniquity.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.14.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But as a mountain collapses and crumbles</p><p class="poem">and a rock is dislodged from its place,</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.14.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>as water wears away stones</p><p class="poem">and torrents wash away the soil from the land,</p><p class="poem">so you destroy a man’s hope.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.14.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.14.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>You completely overpower him, and he passes on;</p><p class="poem">you change his appearance and send him away.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.14.21" /> <A name="22"></a><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><p class="poem">if they become insignificant, he is unaware of it.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.14.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.14.22" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/14-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>He feels only the pain of his own body</p><p class="poem">and mourns only for himself.</p></blockquote><p class="supertitle">Second Series of Speeches</p><br /><section id="footnotes-Job.14" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Job.14.3.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.14.3">14:3</a></span> LXX, Syr, Vg read <span class="italic">him</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.14.5.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.14.5">14:5</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">set his</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Job.14" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Job.14.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.14.1">14:1</a></span> Jb 5:7; 15:35; Is 59:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.14.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.14.2">14:2</a></span> Ps 103:15–16; Is 40:6–7; Jms 1:10–11</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.14.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.14.3">14:3</a></span> Jb 22:4; Ps 143:2; 144:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.14.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.14.5">14:5</a></span> Jb 21:21; Ps 39:4; 90:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.14.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.14.6">14:6</a></span> Jb 7:16; 10:20; Ps 39:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.14.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.14.9">14:9</a></span> Jb 29:19; Ps 1:3; Jr 17:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.14.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.14.12">14:12</a></span> Is 51:6; Rv 20:11; 21:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.14.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.14.13">14:13</a></span> Jb 11:8; 17:16; Am 9:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.14.13.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.14.13">14:13</a></span> Jb 16:9; 19:11; Ps 30:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.14.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.14.14">14:14</a></span> Jb 6:8; 13:13; 35:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.14.14.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.14.14">14:14</a></span> Jb 7:1; Is 40:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.14.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.14.15">14:15</a></span> Jb 9:16; 10:3; 13:22</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.14.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.14.16">14:16</a></span> Jb 10:6; 31:4; 34:21</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.14.16.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.14.16">14:16</a></span> Jb 10:14; 33:11; Ps 130:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.14.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.14.19">14:19</a></span> Jb 7:6; 17:15; 19:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.14.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.14.21">14:21</a></span> Jb 21:21; Ec 9:5; Is 63:16</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Job.14" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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