# Job 14 (New King James Version)
Job Speaks of Life's Woes

##### Chapter 14
###### 1 "Man _who is_ born of woman  
Is of few days and full of trouble.  

###### 2 He comes forth like a flower and fades away;  
He flees like a shadow and does not continue.  

###### 3 And do You open Your eyes on such a one,  
And bring me to judgment with Yourself?  

###### 4 Who can bring a clean _thing_ out of an unclean?  
No one!  

###### 5 Since his days _are_ determined,  
The number of his months _is_ with You;  
You have appointed his limits, so that he cannot pass.  

###### 6 Look away from him that he may rest,  
Till like a hired man he finishes his day.

###### 7 "For there is hope for a tree,  
If it is cut down, that it will sprout again,  
And that its tender shoots will not cease.  

###### 8 Though its root may grow old in the earth,  
And its stump may die in the ground,  

###### 9 _Yet_ at the scent of water it will bud  
And bring forth branches like a plant.  

###### 10 But man dies and is laid away;  
Indeed he breathes his last  
And where _is_ he?  

###### 11 _As_ water disappears from the sea,  
And a river becomes parched and dries up,  

###### 12 So man lies down and does not rise.  
Till the heavens _are_ no more,  
They will not awake  
Nor be roused from their sleep.

###### 13 "Oh, that You would hide me in the grave,  
That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,  
That You would appoint me a set time, and remember me!  

###### 14 If a man dies, shall he live _again?_  
All the days of my hard service I will wait,  
Till my change comes.  

###### 15 You shall call, and I will answer You;  
You shall desire the work of Your hands.  

###### 16 For now You number my steps,  
But do not watch over my sin.  

###### 17 My transgression _is_ sealed up in a bag,  
And You cover my iniquity.

###### 18 "But _as_ a mountain falls _and_ crumbles away,  
And _as_ a rock is moved from its place;  

###### 19 _As_ water wears away stones,  
_And as_ torrents wash away the soil of the earth;  
So You destroy the hope of man.  

###### 20 You prevail forever against him, and he passes on;  
You change his countenance and send him away.  

###### 21 His sons come to honor, and he does not know _it;_  
They are brought low, and he does not perceive _it._  

###### 22 But his flesh will be in pain over it,  
And his soul will mourn over it."