Job14

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(Job 14:1) Man {that is} born of a woman {is} of few days and full of trouble.
(Job 14:2) He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
(Job 14:3) And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
(Job 14:4) Who can bring a clean {thing} out of an unclean? not one.
(Job 14:5) Seeing his days {are} determined, the number of his months {are} with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
(Job 14:6) Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
(Job 14:7) 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.
(Job 14:8) Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
(Job 14:9) {Yet} through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
(Job 14:10) But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the Ghost, and where {is} he?
(Job 14:11) {As} the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
(Job 14:12) So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens {be} no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
(Job 14:13) 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!
(Job 14:14) If a man die, shall he live {again}? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
(Job 14:15) Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
(Job 14:16) For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
(Job 14:17) My transgression {is} sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
(Job 14:18) And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
(Job 14:19) 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.
(Job 14:20) Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
(Job 14:21) His sons come to honour, and he knoweth {it} not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth {it} not of them.
(Job 14:22) But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
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