Job 14:1-12

1Man, born of woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.

2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.

3Yet dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

4Who can bring a clean [man] out of the unclean? Not one!

5If his days are determined, if the number of his months is with thee, [and] thou hast appointed his bounds which he must not pass,

6Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

7For there is hope for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease;

8Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground,

9Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a young plant.

10But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?

11The waters recede from the lake, and the river wasteth and drieth up:

12So man lieth down, and riseth not again; till the heavens be no more, they do not awake, nor are raised out of their sleep.