Job 14:1-12

Lexham English Bible

14 “A human being born of a woman
is short of days and full of troubles.^[a]
2 Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away;
and he flees like a^[b] shadow, but^[c] he does not last.
³ Even on such a one you fix your eyes,
and you bring me into judgment with you.
⁴ “Who can bring a clean thing from an unclean thing?
No one!^[d]
5 If his days are determined, the number of his months is with you;
you have appointed his boundaries, and he cannot cross them.
⁶ Look away from him, and let him desist
until he enjoys his days like a laborer.
⁷ “Indeed, there is hope for a tree:
if it is cut down, then^[e] it will sprout again,
and its new shoots will not cease;
⁸ though its root grows old in the earth,
and its stump dies in the dust,
⁹ at^[f] the scent of water it will bud,
and it will put forth branches like a young plant.
¹⁰ “But^[g] a man dies, and he dwindles away;
thus^[h] a human being passes away, and where is he?^[i]
11 As water disappears from a lake,
and a river withers away and dries up,^[j]
12 so^[k] a man lies down, and he does not arise.
Until the heavens are no more,^[l] they will not awaken,
and they will not be roused out of their sleep.