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!

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

תִּקְוָה hope H8615 · TWOT 1994d

חֲלִיפָה change, renewal H2487 · TWOT 666c

יָחַל wait, hope H3176 · TWOT 859

שְׁאוֹל the grave, Sheol H7585 · TWOT 2303c

פֶּ֫שַׁע transgression H6588 · TWOT 1846a

עָוֺן iniquity H5771 · TWOT 1577a

People & Context

Job

Speaking, he laments the brevity of human life and pleads with God over death and the hope of renewal

God

Addressed by Job as the one who numbers man's days, seals up his transgression, and could call him from the grave

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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