# Job 14 ## Job 14:1 - [KJV] Man *that is* born of a woman *is* of few days, and full of trouble. - [ASV] Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble. - [YLT] Man, born of woman! Of few days, and full of trouble! ### Notes on Job 14:1 - ## Job 14:2 - [KJV] He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. - [ASV] He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. - [YLT] As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not. ### Notes on Job 14:2 - ## Job 14:3 - [KJV] And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee? - [ASV] And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee? - [YLT] Also -- on this Thou hast opened Thine eyes, And dost bring me into judgment with Thee. ### Notes on Job 14:3 - ## Job 14:4 - [KJV] Who can bring a clean *thing* out of an unclean? not one. - [ASV] Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. - [YLT] Who giveth a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. ### Notes on Job 14:4 - ## Job 14:5 - [KJV] Seeing his days *are* determined, the number of his months *are* with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; - [ASV] Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; - [YLT] If determined are his days, The number of his months *are* with Thee, His limit Thou hast made, And he passeth not over; ### Notes on Job 14:5 - ## Job 14:6 - [KJV] Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. - [ASV] Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day. - [YLT] Look away from off him that he may cease, Till he enjoy as an hireling his day. ### Notes on Job 14:6 - ## Job 14:7 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] 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. - [YLT] For there is of a tree hope, if it be cut down, That again it doth change, That its tender branch doth not cease. ### Notes on Job 14:7 - ## Job 14:8 - [KJV] Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; - [ASV] Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground; - [YLT] If its root becometh old in the earth, And its stem doth die in the dust, ### Notes on Job 14:8 - ## Job 14:9 - [KJV] *Yet* through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. - [ASV] Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant. - [YLT] From the fragrance of water it doth flourish, And hath made a crop as a plant. ### Notes on Job 14:9 - ## Job 14:10 - [KJV] But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where *is* he? - [ASV] But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? - [YLT] And a man dieth, and becometh weak, And man expireth, and where *is* he? ### Notes on Job 14:10 - ## Job 14:11 - [KJV] *As* the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: - [ASV] *As* the waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up; - [YLT] Waters have gone away from a sea, And a river becometh waste and dry. ### Notes on Job 14:11 - ## Job 14:12 - [KJV] So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens *be* no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. - [ASV] So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep. - [YLT] And man hath lain down, and riseth not, Till the wearing out of the heavens they awake not, Nor are roused from their sleep. ### Notes on Job 14:12 - ## Job 14:13 - [KJV] O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! - [ASV] Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! - [YLT] O that in Sheol Thou wouldest conceal me, Hide me till the turning of Thine anger, Set for me a limit, and remember me. ### Notes on Job 14:13 - ## Job 14:14 - [KJV] If a man die, shall he live *again*? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. - [ASV] If a man die, shall he live *again*? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Till my release should come. - [YLT] If a man dieth -- doth he revive? All days of my warfare I wait, till my change come. ### Notes on Job 14:14 - ## Job 14:15 - [KJV] Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands. - [ASV] Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee: Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands. - [YLT] Thou dost call, and I -- I answer Thee; To the work of Thy hands Thou hast desire. ### Notes on Job 14:15 - ## Job 14:16 - [KJV] For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin? - [ASV] But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin? - [YLT] But now, my steps Thou numberest, Thou dost not watch over my sin. ### Notes on Job 14:16 - ## Job 14:17 - [KJV] My transgression *is* sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. - [ASV] My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And thou fastenest up mine iniquity. - [YLT] Sealed up in a bag *is* my transgression, And Thou sewest up mine iniquity. ### Notes on Job 14:17 - ## Job 14:18 - [KJV] And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place. - [ASV] But the mountain falling cometh to nought; And the rock is removed out of its place; - [YLT] And yet, a falling mountain wasteth away, And a rock is removed from its place. ### Notes on Job 14:18 - ## Job 14:19 - [KJV] The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow *out* of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man. - [ASV] The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man. - [YLT] Stones have waters worn away, Their outpourings wash away the dust of earth, And the hope of man Thou hast destroyed. ### Notes on Job 14:19 - ## Job 14:20 - [KJV] Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. - [ASV] Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. - [YLT] Thou prevailest *over* him for ever, and he goeth, He is changing his countenance, And Thou sendest him away. ### Notes on Job 14:20 - ## Job 14:21 - [KJV] His sons come to honour, and he knoweth *it* not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth *it* not of them. - [ASV] His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them. - [YLT] Honoured are his sons, and he knoweth not; And they are little, and he attendeth not to them. ### Notes on Job 14:21 - ## Job 14:22 - [KJV] But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn. - [ASV] But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth. - [YLT] Only -- his flesh for him is pained, And his soul for him doth mourn.' ### Notes on Job 14:22 -