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Job Continues: Death Comes Soon to All
“Man who is born of a woman
is few of days and full of trouble.
“Man who is born of a woman
is few of days and full of trouble.
He comes forth like a flower and fades away;
He flees like a shadow and does not continue.
He flees like a shadow and does not continue.
He comes out like a flower and withers;
he flees like a shadow and continues not.
he flees like a shadow and continues not.
And do you open your eyes on such a one
and bring me into judgment with you?
and bring me into judgment with you?
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
No one!
No one!
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
There is not one.
There is not one.
Since his days are determined,
The number of his months is with You;
You have appointed his limits, so that he cannot pass.
The number of his months is with You;
You have appointed his limits, so that he cannot pass.
Since his days are determined,
and the number of his months is with you,
and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass,
and the number of his months is with you,
and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass,
“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.
If it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And that its tender shoots will not cease.
“For there is hope for a tree,
if it be cut down, that it will sprout again,
and that its shoots will not cease.
if it be cut down, that it will sprout again,
and that its shoots will not cease.
Though its root may grow old in the earth,
And its stump may die in the ground,
And its stump may die in the ground,
Though its root grow old in the earth,
and its stump die in the soil,
and its stump die in the soil,
Yet at the scent of water it will bud
And bring forth branches like a plant.
And bring forth branches like a plant.
yet at the scent of water it will bud
and put out branches like a young plant.
and put out branches like a young plant.
But a man dies and is laid low;
man breathes his last, and where is he?
man breathes his last, and where is he?
As water disappears from the sea,
And a river becomes parched and dries up,
And a river becomes parched and dries up,
As waters fail from a lake
and a river wastes away and dries up,
and a river wastes away and dries up,
So man lies down and does not rise.
Till the heavens are no more,
They will not awake
Nor be roused from their sleep.
Till the heavens are no more,
They will not awake
Nor be roused from their sleep.
so a man lies down and rises not again;
till the heavens are no more he will not awake
or be roused out of his sleep.
till the heavens are no more he will not awake
or be roused out of his sleep.
“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!
That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,
That You would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
Oh that you would hide me in Sheol,
that you would conceal me until your wrath be past,
that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
that you would conceal me until your wrath be past,
that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
If a man dies, shall he live again?
All the days of my hard service I will wait,
Till my change comes.
All the days of my hard service I will wait,
Till my change comes.
You shall call, and I will answer You;
You shall desire the work of Your hands.
You shall desire the work of Your hands.
You would call, and I would answer you;
you would long for the work of your hands.
you would long for the work of your hands.
For now You number my steps,
But do not watch over my sin.
But do not watch over my sin.
For then you would number my steps;
you would not keep watch over my sin;
you would not keep watch over my sin;
my transgression would be sealed up in a bag,
and you would cover over my iniquity.
and you would cover over my iniquity.
“But as a mountain falls and crumbles away,
And as a rock is moved from its place;
And as a rock is moved from its place;
“But the mountain falls and crumbles away,
and the rock is removed from its place;
and the rock is removed from its place;
As water wears away stones,
And as torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
So You destroy the hope of man.
And as torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
So You destroy the hope of man.
the waters wear away the stones;
the torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
so you destroy the hope of man.
the torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
so you destroy the hope of man.
You prevail forever against him, and he passes on;
You change his countenance and send him away.
You change his countenance and send him away.
You prevail forever against him, and he passes;
you change his countenance, and send him away.
you change his countenance, and send him away.
His sons come to honor, and he does not know it;
They are brought low, and he does not perceive it.
They are brought low, and he does not perceive it.
His sons come to honor, and he does not know it;
they are brought low, and he perceives it not.
they are brought low, and he perceives it not.