The Book of Job 14

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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 ⚑

14 If a man die shall he live again all the days of my appointed time will I wait till my change come ⚑

15 Thou shalt call and I will answer thee thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands ⚑

16 For now thou numberest my steps dost thou not watch over my sin ⚑

17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag and thou sewest up mine iniquity ⚑

18 And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought and the rock is removed out of his place ⚑

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 ⚑

20 Thou prevailest for ever against him and he passeth thou changest his countenance and sendest him away ⚑

21 His sons come to honour and he knoweth it not and they are brought low but he perceiveth it not of them ⚑

22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain and his soul within him shall mourn ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain