KJV Job Chapter 14
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 cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee? 4 Who can bring a clean |thing| out of an unclean? not one. 5 Seeing his days |are| determined, the number of his months |are| with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; 6 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an 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 bring forth boughs like a plant. 10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where |is| he? 11 |As| the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: 12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens |be| no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. 13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! 13 If a man die, shall he live |again|? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. 14 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands. 15 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin? 16 My transgression |is| sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. 17 And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place. 18 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow |out| of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man. 19 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. 20 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth |it| not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth |it| not of them. 21 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.