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Job 14

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¹ Anyone 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 a person’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 worker. ⓗ

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 scent of water makes it thrive and produce twigs like a sapling. ⓘ

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

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

¹² so people lie 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 person 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. ⓐ

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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1	Anyone 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 a person’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 worker. ⓗ
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 scent of water makes it thrive and produce twigs like a sapling. ⓘ
10	But a person dies and fades away; he breathes his last — where is he?
11	As water disappears from a lake and a river becomes parched and dry,
12	so people lie 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 person 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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