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Job 14

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ Man born of woman is short of days and full of trouble. ⓐ

² He blossoms like a flower, then withers; ⓑ he flees like a shadow and does not last.

³ Do You really take notice of one like this? Will You bring me into judgment against You? [1] ⓒ

⁴ Who can produce something pure from what is impure? No one!

⁵ Since man’s days are determined and the number of his months depends on You, and since You have set [2] limits he cannot pass, ⓓ

⁶ look away from him and let him rest so that he can enjoy his day like a hired hand. ⓔ

⁷ There is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its shoots will not die.

⁸ If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump starts to die in the soil,

⁹ the smell of water makes it thrive and produce twigs like a sapling. ⓕ

¹⁰ But a man dies and fades away; he breathes his last — where is he?

¹¹ As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,

¹² so man lies down never to rise again. They will not wake up until the heavens are no more; ⓖ they will not stir from their sleep.

¹³ If only You would hide me in Sheol ⓗ and conceal me until Your anger ⓘ passes. If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me.

¹⁴ When a man dies, will he come back to life? If so, I would wait ⓙ all the days of my struggle ⓚ until my relief comes.

¹⁵ You would call, and I would answer You. You would long for the work of Your hands. ⓛ

¹⁶ For then You would count my steps ⓜ but would not take note ⓝ of my sin.

¹⁷ My rebellion would be sealed up in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.

¹⁸ But as a mountain collapses and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,

¹⁹ as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil from the land, so You destroy a man’s hope. ⓞ

²⁰ You completely overpower him, and he passes on; You change his appearance and send him away.

²¹ If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they become insignificant, he is unaware of it. ⓟ

²² He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.

#	HCSB
1	Man born of woman is short of days and full of trouble. ⓐ
2	He blossoms like a flower, then withers; ⓑ he flees like a shadow and does not last.
3	Do You really take notice of one like this? Will You bring me into judgment against You? [1] ⓒ
4	Who can produce something pure from what is impure? No one!
5	Since man’s days are determined and the number of his months depends on You, and since You have set [2] limits he cannot pass, ⓓ
6	look away from him and let him rest so that he can enjoy his day like a hired hand. ⓔ
7	There is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its shoots will not die.
8	If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump starts to die in the soil,
9	the smell of water makes it thrive and produce twigs like a sapling. ⓕ
10	But a man dies and fades away; he breathes his last — where is he?
11	As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,
12	so man lies down never to rise again. They will not wake up until the heavens are no more; ⓖ they will not stir from their sleep.
13	If only You would hide me in Sheol ⓗ and conceal me until Your anger ⓘ passes. If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me.
14	When a man dies, will he come back to life? If so, I would wait ⓙ all the days of my struggle ⓚ until my relief comes.
15	You would call, and I would answer You. You would long for the work of Your hands. ⓛ
16	For then You would count my steps ⓜ but would not take note ⓝ of my sin.
17	My rebellion would be sealed up in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.
18	But as a mountain collapses and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,
19	as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil from the land, so You destroy a man’s hope. ⓞ
20	You completely overpower him, and he passes on; You change his appearance and send him away.
21	If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they become insignificant, he is unaware of it. ⓟ
22	He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.

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^{Job 14:3 [20]} Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew me

^{Job 14:14 [21]} Or release

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