JobJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareJob 14Douay - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Job 1Job 2Job 3Job 4Job 5Job 6Job 7Job 8Job 9Job 10Job 11Job 12Job 13Job 14Job 15Job 16Job 17Job 18Job 19Job 20Job 21Job 22Job 23Job 24Job 25Job 26Job 27Job 28Job 29Job 30Job 31Job 32Job 33Job 34Job 35Job 36Job 37Job 38Job 39Job 40Job 41Job 42›Job 14ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1Man born of a woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries. 2Who cometh forth like a flower, and is destroyed, and fleeth as a shadow, and never continueth in the same state. 3And dost thou think it meet to open thy eyes upon such an one, and to bring him into judgment with thee? 4Who can make him clean that is conceived of unclean seed? is it not thou who only art? 5The days of man are short, and the number of his months is with thee: thou hast appointed his bounds which cannot be passed. 6Depart a little from him, that he may rest until his wished for day come, as that of the hireling. 7A tree hath hope: if it be cut, it growth green again, and the boughs thereof sprout. 8If its roots be old in the earth, and its stock be dead in the dust: 9At the scent of water, it shall spring, and bring forth leaves, as when it was first planted. 10But man when he shall be dead, and stripped and consumed, I pray you where is he? 11As if the waters should depart out of the sea, and an emptied river should be dried up; 12So man when he is fallen asleep shall not rise again; till the heavens be broken, he shall not awake, nor rise up out of his sleep. 13Who will grant me this, that thou mayst protect me in hell, and hide me till thy wrath pass, and appoint me a time when thou wilt remember me? 14Shall man that is dead, thinkest thou, live again? all the days in which I am now in warfare, I expect until my change come. 15Thou shalt call me, and I will answer thee: to the work of thy hands thou shalt reach out thy right hand. 16Thou indeed hast numbered my steps, but spare my sins. 17Thou hast sealed up my offences as it were in a bag, but hast cured my iniquity. 18A mountain falling cometh to nought, and a rock is removed out of its place. 19Waters wear away the stones, and with inundation the ground by little and little is washed away: so in like manner thou shalt destroy man. 20Thou hast strengthened him for a little while, that he may pass away for ever: thou shalt change his face, and shalt send him away. 21Whether his children come to honour or dishonour, he shall not understand. 22But yet his flesh, while he shall live, shall have pain, and his soul shall mourn over him. ‹Previous chapterJob 13Next chapterJob 15›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsJob 14 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain