Book 29 : KETUVIM - JOB - Chapter 014
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Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of
trouble
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He cometh forth like a flower, and withereth; he fleeth
also as a shadow, and continueth not
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And dost Thou open Thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest
me into judgment with Thee
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Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one
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Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is
with Thee, and Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass
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Look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall
accomplish, as a hireling, his day
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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
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Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock
thereof die in the ground
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Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth
boughs like a plant
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But man dieth, and lieth low; yea, man perisheth, and
where is he
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As the waters fail from the sea, and the river is drained
dry
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So man lieth down and riseth not; till the heavens be no
more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep
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Oh that Thou wouldest hide me in the nether-world, that
Thou wouldest keep me secret, until Thy wrath be past, that Thou wouldest
appoint me a set time, and remember me!-
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If a man die, may he live again? All the days of my
service would I wait, till my relief should come-
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Thou wouldest call, and I would answer Thee; Thou wouldest
have a desire to the work of Thy hands
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But now Thou numberest my steps, Thou dost not even wait
for my sin
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My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and Thou heapest
up mine iniquity
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And surely the mountain falling crumbleth away, and the
rock is removed out of its place
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The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash
away the dust of the earth; so Thou destroyest the hope of man
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Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou
changest his countenance, and sendest him away
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His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they
are brought low, but he regardeth them not
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But his flesh grieveth for him, and his soul mourneth over
him
Book 29 : KETUVIM - JOB - Chapter 014
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