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| The Book of Job. The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
| XIV |
| [1] | MAN, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble. |
| [2] | He cometh forth like a flower, and is 1 cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. |
| [3] | And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee? |
| [4] | Who 2 can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. |
| [5] | Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; |
| [6] | Look away from him, that he may rest, 3 Till he shall accomplish, 4 as a hireling, his day. |
| [7] | For there is hope of a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease. |
| [8] | Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground; |
| [9] | Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant. |
| [10] | But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? |
| [11] | As the waters fail 5 from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up; |
| [12] | So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep. |
| [13] | Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! |
| [14] | If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would 6 I wait, Till my release 7 should come. |
| [15] | Thou wouldest 8 call, and I would answer thee: Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands. |
| [16] | But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin? |
| [17] | My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And thou fastenest up mine iniquity. |
| [18] | But the mountain falling cometh 9 to nought; And the rock is removed out of its place; |
| [19] | The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man. |
| [20] | Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. |
| [21] | His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them. |
| [22] | But 10 his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth. |
| Note 1. Or, withereth. [back] |
| Note 2. Or, Oh that a clean thing could come out of an unclean! not one can. [back] |
| Note 3. Heb. cease. [back] |
| Note 4. Or, have pleasure in. [back] |
| Note 5. Heb. are gone. [back] |
| Note 6. Or, will … shall come. [back] |
| Note 7. Or, change. [back] |
| Note 8. Or, shall call, and I will &c. [back] |
| Note 9. Heb. fadeth away. [back] |
| Note 10. Or, Only for himself his flesh hath pain, and for himself his soul mourneth. [back] |
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