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Job 14
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862
1As for man, the son of woman, his days are short and full of trouble.
1Man, born of woman! Of few days, and full of trouble!
2He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.
2As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.
3Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?
3Also--on this Thou hast opened Thine eyes, And dost bring me into judgment with Thee.
4If only a clean thing might come out of an unclean! But it is not possible.
4Who giveth a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
5If his days are ordered, and you have knowledge of the number of his months, having given him a fixed limit past which he may not go;
5If determined are his days, The number of his months <FI>are<Fi> with Thee, His limit Thou hast made, And he passeth not over;
6Let your eyes be turned away from him, and take your hand from him, so that he may have pleasure at the end of his day, like a servant working for payment.
6Look away from off him that he may cease, Till he enjoy as an hireling his day.
7For there is hope of a tree; if it is cut down, it will come to life again, and its branches will not come to an end.
7For there is of a tree hope, if it be cut down, That again it doth change, That its tender branch doth not cease.
8Though its root may be old in the earth, and its cut-off end may be dead in the dust;
8If its root becometh old in the earth, And its stem doth die in the dust,
9Still, at the smell of water, it will make buds, and put out branches like a young plant.
9From the fragrance of water it doth flourish, And hath made a crop as a plant.
10But man comes to his death and is gone: he gives up his spirit, and where is he?
10And a man dieth, and becometh weak, And man expireth, and where <FI>is<Fi> he?
11The waters go from a pool, and a river becomes waste and dry;
11Waters have gone away from a sea, And a river becometh waste and dry.
12So man goes down to his last resting-place and comes not again: till the heavens come to an end, they will not be awake or come out of their sleep.
12And man hath lain down, and riseth not, Till the wearing out of the heavens they awake not, Nor are roused from their sleep.
13If only you would keep me safe in the underworld, putting me in a secret place till your wrath is past, giving me a fixed time when I might come to your memory again!
13O that in Sheol Thou wouldest conceal me, Hide me till the turning of Thine anger, Set for me a limit, and remember me.
14If death takes a man, will he come to life again? All the days of my trouble I would be waiting, till the time came for me to be free.
14If a man dieth--doth he revive? All days of my warfare I wait, till my change come.
15At the sound of your voice I would give an answer, and you would have a desire for the work of your hands.
15Thou dost call, and I--I answer Thee; To the work of Thy hands Thou hast desire.
16For now my steps are numbered by you, and my sin is not overlooked.
16But now, my steps Thou numberest, Thou dost not watch over my sin.
17My wrongdoing is corded up in a bag, and my sin is shut up safe.
17Sealed up in a bag <FI>is<Fi> my transgression, And Thou sewest up mine iniquity.
18But truly a mountain falling comes to dust, and a rock is moved from its place;
18And yet, a falling mountain wasteth away, And a rock is removed from its place.
19The stones are crushed small by the force of the waters; the dust of the earth is washed away by their overflowing: and so you put an end to the hope of man.
19Stones have waters worn away, Their outpourings wash away the dust of earth, And the hope of man Thou hast destroyed.
20You overcome him for ever, and he is gone; his face is changed in death, and you send him away.
20Thou prevailest <FI>over<Fi> him for ever, and he goeth, He is changing his countenance, And Thou sendest him away.