Job 14

1Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.

אָדָם יְלוּד אִשָּׁה קְצַר יָמִים וּשְׂבַע־רֹגֶז׃ (1479)

2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

כְּצִיץ יָצָא וַיִּמָּל וַיִּבְרַח כַּצֵּל וְלֹא יַעֲמֹוד׃ (930)

3And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

אַף־עַל־זֶה פָּקַחְתָּ עֵינֶךָ וְאֹתִי תָבִיא בְמִשְׁפָּט עִמָּךְ׃ (2322)

4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

מִי־יִתֵּן טָהֹור מִטָּמֵא לֹא אֶחָד׃ (864)

5Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

אִם חֲרוּצִים ׀ יָמָיו מִסְפַּר־חֳדָשָׁיו אִתָּךְ [חֻקֹּו כ] (חֻקָּיו ק) עָשִׂיתָ וְלֹא יַעֲבֹור׃ (3053)

6Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

שְׁעֵה מֵעָלָיו וְיֶחְדָּל עַד־יִרְצֶה כְּשָׂכִיר יֹומֹו׃ (1580)

7For 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.

כִּי יֵשׁ לָעֵץ תִּקְוָה אִם־יִכָּרֵת וְעֹוד יַחֲלִיף וְיֹנַקְתֹּו לֹא תֶחְדָּל׃ (2981)

8Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

אִם־יַזְקִין בָּאָרֶץ שָׁרְשֹׁו וּבֶעָפָר יָמוּת גִּזְעֹו׃ (2217)

9Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

מֵרֵיחַ מַיִם יַפְרִחַ וְעָשָׂה קָצִיר כְּמֹו־נָטַע׃ (1622)

10But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

וְגֶבֶר יָמוּת וַיֶּחֱלָשׁ וַיִּגְוַע אָדָם וְאַיֹּו׃ (1184)

11As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

אָזְלוּ־מַיִם מִנִּי־יָם וְנָהָר יֶחֱרַב וְיָבֵשׁ׃ (1083)

12So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

וְאִישׁ שָׁכַב וְלֹא־יָקוּם עַד־בִּלְתִּי מַיִם לֹא יָקִיצוּ וְלֹא־יֵעֹרוּ מִשְּׁנָתָם׃ (2838)

13O 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!

מִי יִתֵּן ׀ בִּשְׁאֹול תַּצְפִּנֵנִי תַּסְתִּירֵנִי עַד־שׁוּב אַפֶּךָ תָּשִׁית לִי חֹק וְתִזְכְּרֵנִי׃ (5093)

14If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

אִם־יָמוּת גֶּבֶר הֲיִחְיֶה כָּל־יְמֵי צְבָאִי אֲיַחֵל עַד־בֹּוא חֲלִיפָתִי׃ (1623)

15Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

תִּקְרָא וְאָנֹכִי אֶעֱנֶךָּ לְמַעֲשֵׂה יָדֶיךָ תִכְסֹף׃ (1978)

16For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

כִּי־עַתָּה צְעָדַי תִּסְפֹּור לֹא־תִשְׁמֹור עַל־חַטָּאתִי׃ (2930)

17My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.

חָתֻם בִּצְרֹור פִּשְׁעִי וַתִּטְפֹּל עַל־עֲוֹנִי׃ (2167)

18And surely the mountains falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.

וְאוּלָם הַר־נֹופֵל יִבֹּול וְצוּר יֶעְתַּק מִמְּקֹמֹו׃ (1610)

19The 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.

אֲבָנִים ׀ שָׁחֲקוּ מַיִם תִּשְׁטֹף־סְפִיחֶיהָ עֲפַר־אָרֶץ וְתִקְוַת אֱנֹושׁ הֶאֱבַדְתָּ׃ (3891)

20Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

תִּתְקְפֵהוּ לָנֶצַח וַיַּהֲלֹךְ מְשַׁנֶּה פָנָיו וַתְּשַׁלְּחֵהוּ׃ (2536)

21His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

יִכְבְּדוּ בָנָיו וְלֹא יֵדָע וְיִצְעֲרוּ וְלֹא־יָבִין לָמֹו׃ (798)

22But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

אַךְ־בְּשָׂרֹו עָלָיו יִכְאָב וְנַפְשֹׁו עָלָיו תֶּאֱבָל׃ (1669)