Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
New International Version NIV
1 Man <em>that is</em> born of a woman <em>is</em> of few days and full of trouble.
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“Mortals, born of woman, are of few days and full of trouble.
2 He comes forth like an open flower and is cut down; he flees as a shadow and does not remain.
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They spring up like flowers and wither away; like fleeting shadows, they do not endure.
3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one and bring me into judgment with thee?
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Do you fix your eye on them? Will you bring them before you for judgment?
4 Who can bring a clean <em>thing</em> out of an unclean? No one.
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Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No one!
5 Seeing his days <em>are</em> determined, the number of his months <em>are</em> with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass.
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A person’s days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.
6 If thou should leave him, he will cease <em>to exist</em>; until then, he shall desire, as a hireling, his day.
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So look away from him and let him alone, till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.
7 For there is yet hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again and that its tender branch will not cease.
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“At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.
8 Though its root waxes old in the earth and its trunk is dead in the ground,
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Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil,
9 at the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a new plant.
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yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth shoots like a plant.
10 But <em>when</em> man shall die and be cut off, and the man shall perish, where shall he be?
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But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last and is no more.
11 The waters from the sea went, and the river ran out, it dried up.
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As the water of a lake dries up or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,
12 So man lies down and does not rise; until there is no heaven, they shall not awake nor be raised out of their sleep.
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so he lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, people will not awake or be roused from their sleep.
13 O that thou would hide me in Sheol, that thou would keep me covered until thy wrath is past, that thou would appoint me a set time and remember me!
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“If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If only you would set me a time and then remember me!
14 If a man dies, shall he live <em>again</em>? All the days of my appointed time I will wait until my transformation comes.
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If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come.
15 <em>Then</em> thou shalt call, and I will answer thee; thou wilt have a desire towards the work of thine hands.
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You will call and I will answer you; you will long for the creature your hands have made.
16 For now thou dost number my steps; thou dost not open up my sin.
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Surely then you will count my steps but not keep track of my sin.
17 My transgression <em>is</em> sealed up in a bag, and thou dost sew up my iniquity.
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My offenses will be sealed up in a bag; you will cover over my sin.
18 And certainly the mountain that falls is undone, and the rocks are removed out of their place.
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“But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and as a rock is moved from its place,
19 The impetuous waters break the stones and wash away the dust of the earth; in like manner thou dost cause man to lose hope.
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as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy a person’s hope.
20 Thou shalt be stronger than him for ever, and he passes; thou dost change his countenance and send him away.
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You overpower them once for all, and they are gone; you change their countenance and send them away.
21 His sons shall be honoured and he shall not know <em>of it</em>; or they shall be afflicted, but he shall not perceive of them.
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If their children are honored, they do not know it; if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.
22 But <em>while</em> his flesh <em>is</em> upon him, he shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
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They feel but the pain of their own bodies and mourn only for themselves.”
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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