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| | Job 14:1 | "Man, who is born of woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil.
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| | Job 14:2 | "Like a flower he comes forth and withers. He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
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| | Job 14:3 | "You also open Your eyes on him And bring him into judgment with Yourself.
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| | Job 14:4 | "Who can make the clean out of the unclean? No one!
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| | Job 14:5 | "Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You; And his limits You have set so that he cannot pass.
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| | Job 14:6 | "Turn Your gaze from him that he may rest, Until he fulfills his day like a hired man.
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| | Job 14:7 | "For there is hope for a tree, When it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And its shoots will not fail.
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| | Job 14:8 | "Though its roots grow old in the ground And its stump dies in the dry soil,
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| | Job 14:9 | At the scent of water it will flourish And put forth sprigs like a plant.
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| | Job 14:10 | "But man dies and lies prostrate. Man expires, and where is he?
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| | Job 14:11 | "As water evaporates from the sea, And a river becomes parched and dried up,
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| | Job 14:12 | So man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no longer, He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep.
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| | Job 14:13 | "Oh that You would hide me in Sheol, That You would conceal me until Your wrath returns to You, That You would set a limit for me and remember me!
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| | Job 14:14 | "If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my struggle I will wait Until my change comes.
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| | Job 14:15 | "You will call, and I will answer You; You will long for the work of Your hands.
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| | Job 14:16 | "For now You number my steps, You do not observe my sin.
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| | Job 14:17 | "My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And You wrap up my iniquity.
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| | Job 14:18 | "But the falling mountain crumbles away, And the rock moves from its place;
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| | Job 14:19 | Water wears away stones, Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth; So You destroy man's hope.
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| | Job 14:20 | "You forever overpower him and he departs; You change his appearance and send him away.
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| | Job 14:21 | "His sons achieve honor, but he does not know it; Or they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it.
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| | Job 14:22 | "But his body pains him, And he mourns only for himself."
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| Scripture quotations taken from the NASB. |
