Job 14 - International Standard Version (ISV)

Human Beings Live and Die

14 Human beings born by women
are short-lived[a] and full of trouble.
2 He springs up[b] like a flower and then withers.[c]
Like a shadow, he disappears[d] and doesn’t last.
3 Indeed, have you opened your eyes on one like this—
to bring me into a legal fight with you?
4 Who can produce a clean thing from an unclean thing?
No one!
5 Since his days have been determined,
the number of his months is known to you.
You’ve set his limit
and he cannot exceed it.
6 Look away from him and leave him alone,
so he can enjoy his time, like a hired worker.”

Death is Certain

7 “There is hope for the tree, if it is cut down,
that it will sprout again,
and that its shoots won’t stop growing.
8 Even if its roots have grown ancient in the earth,
and its stump begins to rot[e] in the ground,
9 the presence[f] of water will make it to bud
so that it sprouts new branches like a young plant.

10 “But when a person[g] dies and wastes away,
when a person[h] breathes his last, where will he be?
11 As water disappears from the sea,
or water evaporates from a river,
12 so also a person[i] lies down and does not get up;
they won’t awaken until the heavens are no more,
nor will they arise from their sleep.”

There is Life after Death

13 “Won’t you keep me safe in the afterlife?[j]
Conceal me until your anger subsides.
Set an appointment for me,
then remember me.
14 If a human being[k] dies, will he live again?
I will endure the entire time of my assigned service,
until I am changed.[l]
15 You’ll call and I’ll answer you;
you’ll long for your creatures that your hands have made.[m]
16 Then you’ll certainly count every step I took,
but you won’t keep an inventory of my sin.
17 My transgressions would be sealed up in a bag;
you would cover over my sins.

18 “Mountains fall and crumble;
rocks are dislodged from their places.
19 Water wears away stones;
floods wash away topsoil from the land—
but you destroy the hope of human beings just like that!
20 You overpower him once and for all, and then he departs;
you change his appearance and then send him away.

21 “If his children are honored, he doesn’t know it;
if they become insignificant, he never perceives it.
22 He feels only his own pain,[n]
and grieves only for himself.”

Footnotes

  1. Job 14:1 Lit. is of short days
  2. Job 14:2 Lit. goes out
  3. Job 14:2 Lit. is cut off
  4. Job 14:2 Lit. flees
  5. Job 14:8 Lit. die
  6. Job 14:9 Lit. scent
  7. Job 14:10 Lit. man
  8. Job 14:10 Lit. the valiant man
  9. Job 14:12 Lit. man
  10. Job 14:13 Lit. in Sheol; i.e. the realm of the dead
  11. Job 14:14 Lit. strong man
  12. Job 14:14 Lit. until my change comes; i.e. change in bodily state at the resurrection; cf. 1 Cor 15:51
  13. Job 14:15 Lit. for the work of your hands
  14. Job 14:22 Lit. flesh

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