Book of Job, Chapter 14
Chapter 14 of Job
is of few days, and full of trouble.
he flees like a shadow, and continues not.
and bring him[a] into judgment with thee?
There is not one.
and the number of his months is with thee,
and thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass,
that he may enjoy, like a hireling, his day.
if it be cut down, that it will sprout again,
and that its shoots will not cease.
and its stump die in the ground,
and put forth branches like a young plant.
man breathes his last, and where is he?
and a river wastes away and dries up,
till the heavens are no more he will not awake,
or be roused out of his sleep.
that thou wouldest conceal me until thy wrath be past,
that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
All the days of my service I would wait,
till my release should come.
thou wouldest long for the work of thy hands.
thou wouldest not keep watch over my sin;
and thou wouldest cover over my iniquity.
and the rock is removed from its place;
the torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
so thou destroyest the hope of man.
thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
they are brought low, and he perceives it not.
and he mourns only for himself.”FOOTNOTES
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