Job 14

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Man born of a woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries.	1 Man born of woman is short-lived and full of trouble,
2 Who cometh forth like a flower, and is destroyed, and fleeth as a shadow, and never continueth in the same state.	2 Like a flower that springs up and fades, swift as a shadow that does not abide.
3 And dost thou think it meet to open thy eyes upon such an one, and to bring him into judgment with thee?	3 Upon such a one will you cast your eyes so as to bring him into judgment before you,
4 Who can make him clean that is conceived of unclean seed ? is it not thou who only art?	4 Can a man be found who is clean of defilement? There is none,
5 The days of man are short, and the number of his months is with thee: thou hast appointed his bounds which cannot be passed.	5 however short his days. You know the number of his months; you have fixed the limit which he cannot pass.
6 Depart a little from him, that he may rest, until his wished for day come, as that of the hireling.	6 Look away from him and let him be, while, like a hireling, he completes his day.
7 A tree hath hope: if it be cut, it groweth green again, and the boughs thereof sprout.	7 For a tree there is hope, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again and that its tender shoots will not cease.
8 If its root be old in the earth, and its stock be dead in the dust:	8 Even though its root grow old in the earth, and its stump die in the dust,
9 At the scent of water, it shall spring, and bring forth leaves, as when it was first planted.	9 Yet at the first whiff of water it may flourish again and put forth branches like a young plant.
10 But man when he shall be dead, and stripped and consumed, I pray you where is he?	10 But when a man dies, all vigor leaves him; when man expires, where then is he?
11 As if the waters should depart out of the sea, and an emptied river should be dried up:	11 As when the waters of a lake fail, or a stream grows dry and parches,
12 So 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.	12 So men lie down and rise not again. Till the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.
13 Who will grant me this, that thou mayest protect me in hell, and hide me till thy wrath pass, and appoint me a. time when thou wilt remember me?	13 Oh, that you would hide me in the nether world and keep me sheltered till your wrath is past; would fix a time for me, and then remember me!
14 Shall man that is dead, thinkest thou, live again? all the days in which I am now in warfare, I expect until my change come.	14 When a man has died, were he to live again, all the days of my drudgery I would wait, until my relief should come.
15 Thou shalt call me, and I will answer thee: to the work of thy hands thou shalt reach out thy right hand.	15 You would call, and I would answer you; you would esteem the work of your hands.
16 Thou indeed hast numbered my steps, but spare my sins.	16 Surely then you would count my steps, and not keep watch for sin in me.
17 Thou hast sealed up my offences as it were in a bag, but hast cured my iniquity.	17 My misdeeds would be sealed up in a pouch, and you would cover over my guilt.
18 A mountain falling cometh to nought, and a rock is removed out of its place.	18 But as a mountain falls at last and its rock is moved from its place,
19 Waters wear away the stones, and with inundation the ground by little and little is washed away: so in like manner thou shalt destroy man.	19 As waters wear away the stones and floods wash away the soil of the land, so you destroy the hope of man.
20 Thou hast strengthened him for a little while, that he may pass away for ever: thou shalt change his face, and shalt send him away.	20 You prevail once for all against him and he passes on; with changed appearance you send him away.
21 Whether his children come to honour or dishonour, he shall not understand.	21 If his sons are honored, he is not aware of it; if they are in disgrace, he does not know about them.
22 But yet his flesh, while he shall live, shall have pain, and his soul shall mourn over him.	22 Only his own flesh pains him, and his soul grieves for him.