{"book":"Job","slug":"job","ch":14,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Job","prev":"job/13","next":"job/15","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"[“] Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"[“] Man, who is born of woman,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"is short of days and full of trouble."}],"h":"Job Laments the Finality of Death","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Do You open Your eyes to one like this?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Will You bring him into judgment before You?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Who can bring out clean from unclean?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"No one!"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"Since his days [are] determined and the number of his months [is] with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Since his days [are] determined"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the number of his months [is] with You,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"and since You have set limits"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that he cannot exceed,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"look away from him and let him rest,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"For there is hope for a tree:"},{"style":"indent2","t":"If it is cut down, it will sprout again,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and its tender shoots will not fail."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":8,"t":"If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If its roots grow old in the ground"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and its stump dies in the soil,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"at the scent of water it will bud and put forth twigs like a sapling.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"at the scent of water it will bud"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and put forth twigs like a sapling."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where [is] he?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But a man dies and is laid low;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"he breathes his last, and where [is] he?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"As water disappears from the sea"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and a river becomes parched and dry,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened [or] roused from sleep.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"so a man lies down"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and does not rise."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Until the heavens are no more,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"he will not be awakened [or] roused from sleep."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"If only You would hide me in Sheol"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and conceal me until Your anger has passed!"},{"style":"indent1","t":"If only You would appoint a time for me"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and then remember me!"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":14,"t":"When a man dies, will he live [again]? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.","f":["Or my change or my relief"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"When a man dies, will he live [again]?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"All the days of my hard service I will wait,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"until my renewal comes."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"You will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You will call, and I will answer;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You will desire the work of Your hands."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For then You would count my steps,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but would not keep track of my sin."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My transgression would be sealed in a bag,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and You would cover over my iniquity."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"But as a mountain erodes and crumbles"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and a rock is dislodged from its place,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":19,"t":"as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"as water wears away the stones"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and torrents wash away the soil,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"so You destroy a man’s hope."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You forever overpower him, and he passes on;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You change his countenance and send him away."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If his sons receive honor, he does not know it;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"if they are brought low, he is unaware."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":22,"t":"He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He feels only the pain of his own body"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and mourns only for himself.”"}],"style":"indent1"}]}