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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">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/job/14.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Human Beings Live and Die</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/14-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Human beings born by women</p> <p class="poetry2">are short-lived<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:1 Lit. is of short days">a</a></span> and full of trouble.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/14-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He springs up<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:2 Lit. goes out">b</a></span> like a flower and then withers.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:2 Lit. is cut off">c</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">Like a shadow, he disappears<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:2 Lit. flees">d</a></span> and doesn’t last.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/14-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Indeed, have you opened your eyes on one like this—</p> <p class="poetry2">to bring me into a legal fight with you?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/14-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Who can produce a clean thing from an unclean thing?</p> <p class="poetry2">No one!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/14-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Since his days have been determined,</p> <p class="poetry2">the number of his months is known to you.</p> <p class="poetry2">You’ve set his limit</p> <p class="poetry2">and he cannot exceed it.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/14-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Look away from him and leave him alone,</p> <p class="poetry2">so he can enjoy his time, like a hired worker.”</p> <p class="heading">Death is Certain</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/14-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“There is hope for the tree, if it is cut down,</p> <p class="poetry2">that it will sprout again,</p> <p class="poetry2">and that its shoots won’t stop growing.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/14-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Even if its roots have grown ancient in the earth,</p> <p class="poetry2">and its stump begins to rot<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:8 Lit. die">e</a></span> in the ground,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/14-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>the presence<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:9 Lit. scent">f</a></span> of water will make it to bud</p> <p class="poetry2">so that it sprouts new branches like a young plant.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/14-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“But when a person<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:10 Lit. man">g</a></span> dies and wastes away,</p> <p class="poetry2">when a person<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:10 Lit. the valiant man">h</a></span> breathes his last, where will he be?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/14-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>As water disappears from the sea,</p> <p class="poetry2">or water evaporates from a river,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/14-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>so also a person<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:12 Lit. man">i</a></span> lies down and does not get up;</p> <p class="poetry2">they won’t awaken until the heavens are no more,</p> <p class="poetry2">nor will they arise from their sleep.”</p> <p class="heading">There is Life after Death</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/14-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“Won’t you keep me safe in the afterlife?<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:13 Lit. in Sheol; i.e. the realm of the dead">j</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">Conceal me until your anger subsides.</p> <p class="poetry2">Set an appointment for me,</p> <p class="poetry2">then remember me.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/14-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>If a human being<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:14 Lit. strong man">k</a></span> dies, will he live again?</p> <p class="poetry2">I will endure the entire time of my assigned service,</p> <p class="poetry2">until I am changed.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:14 Lit. until my change comes; i.e. change in bodily state at the resurrection; cf. 1 Cor 15:51">l</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/14-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>You’ll call and I’ll answer you;</p> <p class="poetry2">you’ll long for your creatures that your hands have made.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:15 Lit. for the work of your hands">m</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/14-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then you’ll certainly count every step I took,</p> <p class="poetry2">but you won’t keep an inventory of my sin.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/14-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>My transgressions would be sealed up in a bag;</p> <p class="poetry2">you would cover over my sins.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/14-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“Mountains fall and crumble;</p> <p class="poetry2">rocks are dislodged from their places.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/14-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Water wears away stones;</p> <p class="poetry2">floods wash away topsoil from the land—</p> <p class="poetry2">but you destroy the hope of human beings just like that!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/14-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>You overpower him once and for all, and then he departs;</p> <p class="poetry2">you change his appearance and then send him away.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/14-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“If his children are honored, he doesn’t know it;</p> <p class="poetry2">if they become insignificant, he never perceives it.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/14-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>He feels only his own pain,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="14:22 Lit. flesh">n</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and grieves only for himself.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 14:1 Lit. <i>is of short days</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 14:2 Lit. <i>goes out</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 14:2 Lit. <i>is cut off</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 14:2 Lit. <i>flees</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 14:8 Lit. <i>die</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 14:9 Lit. <i>scent</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 14:10 Lit. <i>man</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 14:10 Lit. <i>the valiant man</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 14:12 Lit. <i>man</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 14:13 Lit. <i>in Sheol</i>; i.e. the realm of the dead<br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 14:14 Lit. <i>strong man</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 14:14 Lit. <i>until my change comes</i>; i.e. change in bodily state at the resurrection; cf. 1 Cor 15:51<br 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