Job 14: (YLT)
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1) Man, born of woman! Of few days, and full of trouble!
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2) As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.
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3) Also -- on this Thou hast opened Thine eyes, And dost bring me into judgment with Thee.
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4) Who giveth a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
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5) If determined are his days, The number of his months [are] with Thee, His limit Thou hast made, And he passeth not over;
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6) Look away from off him that he may cease, Till he enjoy as an hireling his day.
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7) For there is of a tree hope, if it be cut down, That again it doth change, That its tender branch doth not cease.
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8) If its root becometh old in the earth, And its stem doth die in the dust,
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9) From the fragrance of water it doth flourish, And hath made a crop as a plant.
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10) And a man dieth, and becometh weak, And man expireth, and where [is] he?
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11) Waters have gone away from a sea, And a river becometh waste and dry.
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12) And man hath lain down, and riseth not, Till the wearing out of the heavens they awake not, Nor are roused from their sleep.
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13) O that in Sheol Thou wouldest conceal me, Hide me till the turning of Thine anger, Set for me a limit, and remember me.
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14) If a man dieth -- doth he revive? All days of my warfare I wait, till my change come.
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15) Thou dost call, and I -- I answer Thee; To the work of Thy hands Thou hast desire.
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16) But now, my steps Thou numberest, Thou dost not watch over my sin.
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17) Sealed up in a bag [is] my transgression, And Thou sewest up mine iniquity.
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18) And yet, a falling mountain wasteth away, And a rock is removed from its place.
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19) Stones have waters worn away, Their outpourings wash away the dust of earth, And the hope of man Thou hast destroyed.
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20) Thou prevailest [over] him for ever, and he goeth, He is changing his countenance, And Thou sendest him away.
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21) Honoured are his sons, and he knoweth not; And they are little, and he attendeth not to them.
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22) Only -- his flesh for him is pained, And his soul for him doth mourn.'
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