Job

Job 14 ©

1 Job entreateth God's forbearance in respect of the shortness and troubles of life, 5 and of the certainty of death, which cutteth short man's hope: 13 he wisheth for some place of shelter, where to wait his appointed change. 18 All created beings are subject to corruption.

1

MAN that is aborn of a woman is b1of few days, and full of trouble.

a ch. 15.14; 25.4.
b Ge. 47.9. Ps. 90.5,6,9. ch. 7.1; 10.20. Ec. 2.23. Pr. 27.1.
2

cHe cometh forth like a flower, and dis cut down: he efleeth also as fa shadow, and continueth not.

c ch. 8.9. Ps. 102.11; 103.15; 144.4. Is. 40.6. 1Pe. 1.24. Ja. 1.10.
d Ps. 37.2; 90.6.
e ch. 7.6,7; 8.9; 9.25,26. Ja. 4.14. 1Co. 7.31. 1Jn. 2.17.
f Ps. 109.23.
3

And dost thou gopen thine eyes upon such an one, and hbringest me into judgment with thee?

g ch. 7.17,18; 13.27. Ps. 143.2; 144.3.
h ch. 22.4.
4

2Who ican bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

i Ge. 5.3. Ps. 51.2,5,10. Jn. 3.6. Ro. 5.12. Ep. 2.3. Mat. 7.16-18. ch. 25.4; 15.14.
5

Seeing jhis days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast kappointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

j ch. 7.1. Ps. 39.4; 89.46,47. He. 9.27.
k v.10.
6

lTurn from him, that he may 3rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

l ch. 7.1-3,16,19; 10.20. Ps. 39.13. Is. 57.2.
7

For there is mhope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

m Ec. 1.4,5.
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 4wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and nwhere is he?

n ch. 7.7-10; 19.26. Ps. 37.36.
11

As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

12

So man olieth down, and riseth not: ptill the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their qsleep.

o ch. 30.23. Is. 57.2. Ec. 12.5,7. v.13. Ps. 49.14.
p Ps. 102.26; 89.29. Is. 51.6; 65.17; 66.22. Ac. 3.21. Re. 20.11; 21.1. 2Pe. 3.7,10.
q ch. 3.13. Je. 51.39. Da. 12.2.
13

O that thou wouldest rhide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest sappoint me a set time, and remember me!

r Is. 57.2; 26.20. ch. 3.13-19. Ps. 27.5; 31.20.
s Ac. 17.31. Jn. 5.28. v.14.
14

tIf a man die, ushall he live again ? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my vchange come.

t Ps. 89.48.
u Da. 12.2. Is. 26.19. Jn. 5.28. Ac. 26.8. ch. 9.25,26. 1Th. 4.14-16.
v Ps. 16.10; 50.4,5. Is. 26.19. 1Co. 15.42-44,51-54. Phi. 3.21. Jn. 5.28; 14.2,3; 17.24. 1Th. 4.16.
15

Thou shalt wcall, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to xthe work of thine hands.

w ch. 13.22. Ps. 50.4,5.
x ch. 10.3.
16

For now ythou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

y ch. 10.3,8; 13.27; 31.4; 34.21. Ps. 56.6,8; 139.1-4. Pr. 5.21.
17

My transgression is zsealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.

z De. 32.34. Ho. 13.12. ch. 13.26; 10.6,14; 21.19; 20.27. Ps. 69.27.
18

And surely the mountain falling 5cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.

19

The waters wear the stones: thou 6washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the ahope of man.

a Je. 17.6. Lu. 12.19,20. ch. 11.20.
20

Thou bprevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou cchangest his countenance, and sendest him away.

b Ex. 15.3-12. Re. 17.14. Ec. 8.8. Ps. 37.35,36.
c Ec. 12.3-7. Ps. 90.3-7. ch. 30.23.
21

His sons come to honour, and he dknoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

d Ec. 9.5. Is. 63.16.
22

But his eflesh upon him shall have pain, and fhis soul within him shall mourn.

e ch. 19.26. Ps. 49.14.
f Pr. 14.32. Lu. 16.23. Mat. 8.12; 22.13; 24.51.