Job 14 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

Job Speaks of Life’s Woes

Job 14:1

Job 14:1“Man who is born of woman
Is of few days and full of trouble.

Job 14:2

Job 14:2He comes forth like a flower and fades away;
He flees like a shadow and does not continue.

Job 14:3

Job 14:3And do You open Your eyes on such a one,
And bring me[fn] to judgment with Yourself?

Job 14:4

Job 14:4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
No one!

Job 14:5

Job 14:5Since his days are determined,
The number of his months is with You;
You have appointed his limits, so that he cannot pass.

Job 14:6

Job 14:6Look away from him that he may rest,
Till like a hired man he finishes his day.

Job 14:7

Job 14:7“For there is hope for a tree,
If it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And that its tender shoots will not cease.

Job 14:8

Job 14:8Though its root may grow old in the earth,
And its stump may die in the ground,

Job 14:9

Job 14:9Yet at the scent of water it will bud
And bring forth branches like a plant.

Job 14:10

Job 14:10But man dies and is laid away;
Indeed he breathes his last
And where is he?

Job 14:11

Job 14:11As water disappears from the sea,
And a river becomes parched and dries up,

Job 14:12

Job 14:12So man lies down and does not rise.
Till the heavens are no more,
They will not awake
Nor be roused from their sleep.

Job 14:13

Job 14:13“Oh, that You would hide me in the grave,
That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,
That You would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

Job 14:14

Job 14:14If a man dies, shall he live again?
All the days of my hard service I will wait,
Till my change comes.

Job 14:15

Job 14:15You shall call, and I will answer You;
You shall desire the work of Your hands.

Job 14:16

Job 14:16For now You number my steps,
But do not watch over my sin.

Job 14:17

Job 14:17My transgression is sealed up in a bag,
And You cover[fn] my iniquity.

Job 14:18

Job 14:18“But as a mountain falls and crumbles away,
And as a rock is moved from its place;

Job 14:19

Job 14:19As water wears away stones,
And as torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
So You destroy the hope of man.

Job 14:20

Job 14:20You prevail forever against him, and he passes on;
You change his countenance and send him away.

Job 14:21

Job 14:21His sons come to honor, and he does not know it;
They are brought low, and he does not perceive it.

Job 14:22

Job 14:22But his flesh will be in pain over it,
And his soul will mourn over it.”

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NKJV Footnotes

(14:3)

Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read him.

(14:17)

Literally plaster over

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