Job 14

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 14 of 42

1 ¶ Man born of woman is short of days and full of turmoil.

2 He comes forth like a flower and withers; he also flees like a shadow and does not stand.

3 Also do You open Your eyes on this one and bring me into judgment with You?

4 Who gives a clean thing out of an unclean one? Not one!

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Chapter Summary

1 Job entreats Jehovah for favor, by the shortness of life, and certainty of death. 7 Though life once lost is definite, he waits for his change. 16 By sin the creature is subject to corruption.

Key Hebrew Words

שָׁרְשׁ֑ root H8328 · TWOT 2471a
עֲפַר dry earth H6083 · TWOT 1664a
יֵ֝עֹ֗רוּ rouse oneself H5782 · TWOT 1587
תִּתְקְפֵ֣ prevail over H8630 · TWOT 2542
בְּ֭שָׂר flesh H1320 · TWOT 291a

People & Context

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Job Longs for Sheol but Despairs of Man's Hope

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Timeline

Job Compares Man's Fate to a Tree

Job laments that man is short of days and full of turmoil, noting that while a cut tree might sprout again at the scent of water, man dies and does not awake.

Job 14:1-12
Job Longs for Sheol but Despairs of Man's Hope

Job wishes God would hide him in Sheol until His anger passes, pondering if a man could live again. Ultimately, he concludes that God wears away stones and destroys man's hope.

Job 14:13-22

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