Job 14

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.	1 a human being, born of woman, whose life is short but ful of trouble.
2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.	2 Like a flower, such a one blossoms and withers, fleeting as a shadow, transient.
3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?	3 And this is the creature on whom you fix your gaze, and bring to judgement before you!
4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.	4 But will anyone produce the pure from what is impure? No one can!
5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;	5 Since his days are measured out, since his tale of months depends on you, since you assign himbounds he cannot pass,
6 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.	6 turn your eyes from him, leave him alone, like a hired labourer, to finish his day in peace.
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.	7 There is always hope for a tree: when fel ed, it can start its life again; its shoots continue to sprout.
8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;	8 Its roots may have grown old in the earth, its stump rotting in the ground,
9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.	9 but let it scent the water, and it buds, and puts out branches like a plant newly set.
10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?	10 But a human being? He dies, and dead he remains, breathes his last, and then where is he?
11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:	11 The waters of the sea wil vanish, the rivers stop flowing and run dry:
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.	12 a human being, once laid to rest, will never rise again, the heavens wil wear out before he wakes up,or before he is roused from his sleep.
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!	13 Will no one hide me in Sheol, and shelter me there til your anger is past, fixing a certain day forcal ing me to mind-
14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.	14 can the dead come back to life? - day after day of my service, I should be waiting for my relief tocome.
15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.	15 Then you would cal , and I should answer, you would want to see once more what you have made.
16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?	16 Whereas now you count every step I take, you would then stop spying on my sin;
17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.	17 you would seal up my crime in a bag, and put a cover over my fault.
18 And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.	18 Alas! Just as, eventual y, the mountain fal s down, the rock moves from its place,
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.	19 water wears away the stones, the cloudburst erodes the soil; so you destroy whatever hope a personhas.
20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.	20 You crush him once for al , and he is gone; first you disfigure him, then you dismiss him.
21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.	21 His children may rise to honours -- he does not know it; they may come down in the world -- he doesnot care.
22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.	22 He feels no pangs, except for his own body, makes no lament, except for his own self.