Job 14 — Legacy Standard Bible

If a Man Dies, Will He Live Again?

14“^aMan, who is born of woman,Is ¹short-lived and ^bfull of turmoil.²“^aLike a flower he comes forth and withers.He also flees like ^ba shadow and does not stand.³“You also ^aopen Your eyes on himAnd ^bbring ¹me into judgment with Yourself.⁴“^aWho can make the clean out of the unclean?No one!⁵“Since his days are determined,The ^anumber of his months is with You;And his limits You have ¹set so that he cannot pass.⁶“^aTurn Your gaze from him that he may cease from toil,Until he accepts his day like a hired man.⁷“For there is hope for a tree,When it is cut down, that it will change back sprouting again,And its shoots will not cease.⁸“Though its roots grow old in the groundAnd its stump dies in the dry soil,⁹At the scent of water it will flourishAnd put forth sprigs like a plant.¹⁰“But ^aman dies and lies prostrate.Man ^bbreathes his last, and where is he?¹¹“As ^awater ¹evaporates from the sea,And a river becomes parched and dried up,¹²So ^aman lies down and does not rise.Until the heavens are no longer,¹He will not awake nor be aroused out of ²his sleep.¹³“Oh that You would conceal me in Sheol,That You would hide me ^auntil Your anger returns to You,That You would set a limit for me and remember me!¹⁴“If a man dies, will he live again?All the days of my labor I will waitUntil my change comes.¹⁵“You will call, and I will answer You;You will long for ^athe work of Your hands.¹⁶“For now You ^anumber my steps,You do not ^bkeep watch over my sin.¹⁷“My transgression is ^asealed up in a bag,And You ¹cover up my iniquity.¹⁸“But the falling mountain ¹crumbles away,And the rock moves from its place;¹⁹Water wears away stones;Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth;So You ^amake man’s hope perish.²⁰“You forever overpower him and he ^agoes away;You alter his appearance and send him away.²¹“His sons achieve honor, but ^ahe does not know it;Or they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it.²²“But his flesh pains him,And he mourns only for himself.”