Job 14 — KJV

14 Verse 1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. ^{Verse 2} He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. ^{Verse 3} And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee? ^{Verse 4} Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. ^{Verse 5} Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; ^{Verse 6} Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. ^{Verse 7} For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. ^{Verse 8} Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; ^{Verse 9} Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. ^{Verse 10} But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? ^{Verse 11} As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: ^{Verse 12} So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. ^{Verse 13} O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! ^{Verse 14} If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. ^{Verse 15} Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands. ^{Verse 16} For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin? ^{Verse 17} My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. ^{Verse 18} And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place. ^{Verse 19} The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man. ^{Verse 20} Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. ^{Verse 21} His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them. ^{Verse 22} But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.