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Job Continues: Death Comes Soon to All
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# Chapter 14
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1. "Man who is born of a woman
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1 “Man who is born of a woman
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is few of days and full of trouble.
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2. He comes out like a flower and withers;
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2 He comes out like a flower and withers;
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he flees like a shadow and continues not.
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3. And do you open your eyes on such a one
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3 And do you open your eyes on such a one
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and bring me into judgment with you?
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4. Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
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4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
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There is not one.
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5. Since his days are determined,
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5 Since his days are determined,
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and the number of his months is with you,
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and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass,
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6. look away from him and leave him alone,
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6 look away from him and leave him alone,
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that he may enjoy, like a hired hand, his day.
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7. "For there is hope for a tree,
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7 “For there is hope for a tree,
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if it be cut down, that it will sprout again,
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and that its shoots will not cease.
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8. Though its root grow old in the earth,
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8 Though its root grow old in the earth,
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and its stump die in the soil,
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9. yet at the scent of water it will bud
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9 yet at the scent of water it will bud
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and put out branches like a young plant.
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10. But a man dies and is laid low;
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10 But a man dies and is laid low;
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man breathes his last, and where is he?
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11. As waters fail from a lake
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11 As waters fail from a lake
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and a river wastes away and dries up,
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12. so a man lies down and rises not again;
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12 so a man lies down and rises not again;
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till the heavens are no more he will not awake
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or be roused out of his sleep.
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13. Oh that you would hide me in Sheol,
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13 Oh that you would hide me in Sheol,
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that you would conceal me until your wrath be past,
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that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
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14. If a man dies, shall he live again?
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14 If a man dies, shall he live again?
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All the days of my service I would wait,
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till my renewal should come.
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15. You would call, and I would answer you;
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15 You would call, and I would answer you;
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you would long for the work of your hands.
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16. For then you would number my steps;
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16 For then you would number my steps;
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you would not keep watch over my sin;
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17. my transgression would be sealed up in a bag,
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17 my transgression would be sealed up in a bag,
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and you would cover over my iniquity.
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18. "But the mountain falls and crumbles away,
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18 “But the mountain falls and crumbles away,
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and the rock is removed from its place;
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19. the waters wear away the stones;
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19 the waters wear away the stones;
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the torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
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so you destroy the hope of man.
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20. You prevail forever against him, and he passes;
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20 You prevail forever against him, and he passes;
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you change his countenance, and send him away.
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21. His sons come to honor, and he does not know it;
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21 His sons come to honor, and he does not know it;
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they are brought low, and he perceives it not.
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22. He feels only the pain of his own body,
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and he mourns only for himself."
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22 He feels only the pain of his own body,
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and he mourns only for himself.”
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