New American Standard Bible 2020

Job 14:1-12

1“1Man, who is born of woman, Is 2short-lived and 3full of turmoil.2 4Like a flower he comes out and withers. He also flees like 5a shadow and does not remain.3You also 6open Your eyes on him And 7bring 8him into judgment with Yourself.4 9Who can make the clean out of the unclean? No one!5Since his days are determined, The 10number of his months is with You; And You have 11set his limits so that he cannot pass.6 12Look away from him so that he may 13rest, Until he 14fulfills his day like a hired worker.

7“For there is hope for a tree, When it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And its shoots will not 15fail.8Though its roots grow old in the ground, And its stump dies in the dry soil,9At the scent of water it will flourish And produce sprigs like a plant.10But 16a man dies and lies prostrate. A person 17passes away, and where is he?11As 18water 19evaporates from the sea, And a river becomes parched and dried up,12So 20a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens no longer exist, 21He will not awake nor be woken from 22his sleep.

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Notes

1. Job 14:1 Job 5:7 ↩
2. Job 14:1 Lit short of days ↩
3. Job 14:1 Eccl 2:23 ↩
4. Job 14:2 Ps 90:5, 6; 103:15; Is 40:6, 7; James 1:10; 1 Pet 1:24 ↩
5. Job 14:2 Job 8:9 ↩
6. Job 14:3 Ps 8:4; 144:3 ↩
7. Job 14:3 Ps 143:2 ↩
8. Job 14:3 As in some ancient versions; MT me ↩
9. Job 14:4 Job 15:14; 25:4; Ps 51:5 ↩
10. Job 14:5 Job 21:21 ↩
11. Job 14:5 Lit made ↩
12. Job 14:6 Job 7:19; Ps 39:13 ↩
13. Job 14:6 Lit cease ↩
14. Job 14:6 Lit makes acceptable ↩
15. Job 14:7 Or cease ↩
16. Job 14:10 Job 3:13; 14:10-15 ↩
17. Job 14:10 Job 13:9 ↩
18. Job 14:11 Is 19:5 ↩
19. Job 14:11 Lit disappears ↩
20. Job 14:12 Job 3:13 ↩
21. Job 14:12 Lit They ↩
22. Job 14:12 Lit their ↩

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