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How short is life, how full of trouble!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/14.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Man <i>that is</i> born of a woman <i>is</i> of few days, and full of trouble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Man <i>who is</i> born of woman Is of few days and full of trouble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Man, who is born of woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Man, who is born of woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Man, who is born of woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Man, who is born of woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Man, who is born of a woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Anyone born of woman is short of days and full of trouble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Man born of woman is short of days and full of trouble. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Life is short and sorrowful for every living soul. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"A person who is born of a woman is short-lived and is full of trouble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />We are all born weak and helpless. All lead the same short, troubled life. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Human beings born by women are short-lived and full of trouble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Man, born of woman! Of few days, and full of trouble!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Man, born of woman! Of few days, and full of trouble!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Man being born of woman is short of days and full of disquiet.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Man born of a woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Man, born of woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Man born of woman is short-lived and full of trouble, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“A mortal, born of woman, few of days and full of trouble,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />MAN that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Thus is the man born of woman, and he is few of days and suffers terror<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For a mortal born of a woman <i>is</i> short lived, and full of wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/14-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=2093" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/14.htm">Job Laments the Finality of Death</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/120.htm" title="120: ’ā·ḏām (N-ms) -- Man, mankind. From 'adam; ruddy i.e. A human being.">“Man,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3205.htm" title="3205: yə·lūḏ (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-msc) -- A primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage.">who is born</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: ’iš·šāh (N-fs) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">of woman,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7116.htm" title="7116: qə·ṣar (Adj-msc) -- Short. From qatsar; short.">is short</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·mîm (N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">of days</a> <a href="/hebrew/7649.htm" title="7649: ū·śə·ḇa‘- (Conj-w:: Adj-msc) -- Sated, satisfied, surfeited. From saba'; satiated.">and full</a> <a href="/hebrew/7267.htm" title="7267: rō·ḡez (N-ms) -- Agitation, excitement, raging. From ragaz; commotion, restlessness, crash, disquiet, anger.">of trouble.</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/39-4.htm">Psalm 39:4-5</a></span><br />“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is. / You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/90-10.htm">Psalm 90:10</a></span><br />The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-14.htm">James 4:14</a></span><br />You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/6-12.htm">Ecclesiastes 6:12</a></span><br />For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-6.htm">Isaiah 40:6-8</a></span><br />A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field. / The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass. / The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-24.htm">1 Peter 1:24</a></span><br />For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/103-15.htm">Psalm 103:15-16</a></span><br />As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field; / when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-23.htm">Ecclesiastes 2:23</a></span><br />Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-15.htm">1 Chronicles 29:15</a></span><br />For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/144-4.htm">Psalm 144:4</a></span><br />Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-20.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:20</a></span><br />All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/3-19.htm">Genesis 3:19</a></span><br />By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/5-12.htm">Romans 5:12</a></span><br />Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-17.htm">2 Corinthians 4:17-18</a></span><br />For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison. / So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-7.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:7</a></span><br />before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.</p><p class="hdg">born</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/15-14.htm">Job 15:14</a></b></br> What <i>is</i> man, that he should be clean? and <i>he which is</i> born of a woman, that he should be righteous?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/25-4.htm">Job 25:4</a></b></br> How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean <i>that is</i> born of a woman?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/51-5.htm">Psalm 51:5</a></b></br> Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.</p><p class="hdg">of few days.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/7-1.htm">Job 7:1,6</a></b></br> <i>Is there</i> not an appointed time to man upon earth? <i>are not</i> his days also like the days of an hireling? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/9-25.htm">Job 9:25</a></b></br> Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/47-9.htm">Genesis 47:9</a></b></br> And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage <i>are</i> an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.</p><p class="hdg">full</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/5-7.htm">Job 5:7</a></b></br> Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-17.htm">Ecclesiastes 2:17,23</a></b></br> Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun <i>is</i> grievous unto me: for all <i>is</i> vanity and vexation of spirit… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/11-12.htm">Born</a> <a href="/job/10-20.htm">Few</a> <a href="/job/11-2.htm">Full</a> <a href="/esther/6-10.htm">Short</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-25.htm">Short-Lived</a> <a href="/job/12-5.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/job/3-26.htm">Turmoil</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/15-7.htm">Born</a> <a href="/job/15-11.htm">Few</a> <a href="/job/15-10.htm">Full</a> <a href="/job/16-22.htm">Short</a> <a href="/psalms/39-4.htm">Short-Lived</a> <a href="/job/14-14.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/job/30-27.htm">Turmoil</a><div class="vheading2">Job 14</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/14-1.htm">Job entreats God for favor, by the shortness of life, and certainty of death</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/14-7.htm">He waits for his change</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/14-16.htm">By sin the creature is subject to corruption</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/14.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/14.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Man, who is born of woman</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the universality of human experience, as every human being is born of a woman. It highlights the natural and humble beginnings of humanity, connecting to <a href="/genesis/3-16.htm">Genesis 3:16</a>, where childbirth is mentioned as part of the consequences of the Fall. The phrase underscores the frailty and mortality of human life, contrasting with the divine nature of God. In biblical context, being "born of woman" also points to the humanity of Jesus Christ, who, though divine, was born of the Virgin Mary, fulfilling prophecies such as <a href="/isaiah/7-14.htm">Isaiah 7:14</a>.<p><b>is short of days</b><br>This reflects the brevity of human life, a theme prevalent throughout Scripture. <a href="/psalms/90-10.htm">Psalm 90:10</a> echoes this sentiment, stating that human life is typically seventy to eighty years, emphasizing its fleeting nature. The phrase serves as a reminder of the temporal nature of earthly existence, urging individuals to live wisely and righteously. Historically, life expectancy in ancient times was indeed shorter due to various factors, including disease and conflict, making this observation particularly poignant for Job's audience.<p><b>and full of trouble</b><br>This part of the verse acknowledges the inherent difficulties and sufferings of life. It resonates with the broader narrative of the Book of Job, where Job experiences profound personal loss and suffering. The phrase aligns with Jesus' words in <a href="/john/16-33.htm">John 16:33</a>, where He acknowledges the tribulations of the world but offers peace through Him. The troubles of life are seen as a result of the fallen world, yet they also serve as opportunities for spiritual growth and reliance on God. This understanding is central to the Christian perspective on suffering, where trials are seen as refining and faith-strengthening.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, known for his immense suffering and perseverance.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/u/uz.htm">Uz</a></b><br>The land where Job lived. It is often associated with the region east of Israel, possibly in Edom or northern Arabia.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_suffering.htm">Job's Suffering</a></b><br>The context of this verse is Job's lament over the brevity and difficulty of human life, expressed during his intense suffering and dialogue with his friends.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_brevity_of_life.htm">The Brevity of Life</a></b><br>Life is short, and we must use our time wisely. Reflect on how you spend your days and prioritize what truly matters.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_suffering.htm">The Reality of Suffering</a></b><br>Suffering is a universal human experience. Recognize that trials are part of life, and seek God's strength to endure them.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god.htm">Dependence on God</a></b><br>In the face of life's troubles, rely on God's wisdom and sovereignty. Trust that He has a purpose even in difficult times.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_beyond_this_life.htm">Hope Beyond This Life</a></b><br>While life is full of trouble, Christians have hope in eternal life through Jesus Christ. Focus on the eternal perspective.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 14</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_job_14_1-2_conflict_with_promises.htm">Does Job 14:1–2’s portrayal of life as short and full of trouble conflict with biblical passages that promise long life and blessings? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_job_14_14_doubt_resurrection.htm">Does Job 14:14’s question “If someone dies, will they live again?” indicate uncertainty about resurrection, challenging other parts of the Bible that teach it? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_god_inherently_cruel.htm">Is God inherently cruel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_job_15_14-16_and_genesis_1_31_align.htm">In Job 15:14-16, how do Eliphaz's claims about universal impurity align with Genesis 1:31, which pronounces creation 'very good'?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div><span class= "bld">XIV.</span><p>(1) <span class= "bld">Man that is born of a woman is of few days.</span>--He now takes occasion to dilate on the miserable estate of man generally, rising from the particular instance in himself to the common lot of the race. It is not improbable that these words should be connected with the last of the former chapter. <span class= "ital">He, as a rotten thing, consumeth</span>--<span class= "ital">a man born of woman, short of days and full of trouble, who came forth as a flower and was </span>(<span class= "ital">began to be</span>)<span class= "ital"> cut off </span>(<span class= "ital">at once</span>)<span class= "ital">;</span> <span class= "ital">who fled as the shadow that abideth not. </span>After having resolved to come into judgment with God, he pictures to himself the miserable creature with whom God will have to contend if He contends with <span class= "ital">him.</span><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 1-22.</span> - This chapter, in which Job concludes the fourth of his addresses, is characterized by a tone of mild and gentle expostulation, which contrasts with the comparative vehemence and passion of the two preceding chapters. It would seem that the patriarch, having vented his feelings, experiences a certain relief, an interval of calm, in which, his own woes pressing less heavily upon him, he is content to moralize on the general condition of humanity. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Man that is born of a woman</span>. In this fact Job sees the origin of man's inherent weakness. He is "born of a woman," who is "the weaker vessel" (<a href="/1_peter/3-7.htm">1 Peter 3:7</a>). He is conceived by her in uncleanness (<a href="/psalms/51-5.htm">Psalm 51:5</a>; comp. below, ver. 4), brought forth in sorrow and pain (<a href="/genesis/3-16.htm">Genesis 3:16</a>) suckled at her breasts, placed for years under her guidance. No wonder that he shares the weakness of which she is a sort of type. <span class="cmt_word">Is of few days</span>; literally, <span class="accented">short of days.</span> Length and shortness of days are, no doubt, relative; and it is difficult to say what term of life would not have seemed short to men as they looked back upon it. To Jacob, at the age of a hundred and thirty, it appeared that "<span class="accented">few</span> and evil had the days of the years of his life been" (<a href="/genesis/47-9.htm">Genesis 47:9</a>). Methuselah, perhaps, thought the same. We all, as we come towards old age, and death draws manifestly near, feel as if we had only just begun to live, as if, at any rate, we had not done half our work, and were about to be cut off before our time. But would the case be seriously different if our tale of years were doubled? And fall of trouble (comp. <a href="/job/5-7.htm">Job 5:7</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/14-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Man,</span><br /><span class="heb">אָ֭דָם</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḏām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_120.htm">Strong's 120: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ruddy, a human being</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who is born</span><br /><span class="heb">יְל֣וּד</span> <span class="translit">(yə·lūḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3205.htm">Strong's 3205: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of woman,</span><br /><span class="heb">אִשָּׁ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(’iš·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is short</span><br /><span class="heb">קְצַ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(qə·ṣar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7116.htm">Strong's 7116: </a> </span><span class="str2">Short</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of days</span><br /><span class="heb">יָ֝מִ֗ים</span> <span class="translit">(yā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and full</span><br /><span class="heb">וּֽשְׂבַֽע־</span> <span class="translit">(ū·śə·ḇa‘-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7646.htm">Strong's 7646: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be sated, satisfied or surfeited</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of trouble.</span><br /><span class="heb">רֹֽגֶז׃</span> <span class="translit">(rō·ḡez)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7267.htm">Strong's 7267: </a> </span><span class="str2">Commotion, restlessness, crash, disquiet, anger</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/14-1.htm">Job 14:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/14-1.htm">Job 14:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/14-1.htm">Job 14:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/14-1.htm">Job 14:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/14-1.htm">Job 14:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/14-1.htm">Job 14:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/14-1.htm">Job 14:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/14-1.htm">Job 14:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/14-1.htm">Job 14:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/14-1.htm">Job 14:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/14-1.htm">OT Poetry: Job 14:1 Man who is born of a woman (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/13-28.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 13:28"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 13:28" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/14-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 14:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 14:2" /></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="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>