1Job entreateth God's forbearance in respect of the shortness and troubles of life, 5and of the certainty of death, which cutteth short man's hope: 13he wisheth for some place of shelter, where to wait his appointed change. 18All created beings are subject to corruption.
1MAN that is aborn of a woman is b1of few days, and full of trouble.
1Heb. short of days.
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.
2cHe 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.
3And 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.
42Who ican bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
2Heb. Who will give?
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.
5Seeing 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.
6lTurn from him, that he may 3rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
3Heb. cease.
l ch. 7.1-3,16,19; 10.20. Ps. 39.13. Is. 57.2.
7For 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.
8Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the *stock thereof die in the ground;
*stock-wooden block or log.
9Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
10But man dieth, and 4wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and nwhere is he?
4Heb. is weakened or cut off.
n ch. 7.7-10; 19.26. Ps. 37.36.
11As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
12So 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.
13O 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.
14tIf 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.
15Thou 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.
16For 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.
17My 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.
18And surely the mountain falling 5cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
5Heb. fadeth.
19The 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.
6Heb. overflowest.
a Je. 17.6. Lu. 12.19,20. ch. 11.20.
20Thou 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.
21His 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.
22But 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.