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Job 14:1-8

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

1 “Mortals, born of woman, are of few days and full of trouble.

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

2 They spring up like flowers and wither away; like fleeting shadows, they do not endure.

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

3 Do you fix your eye on them? Will you bring them before you for judgment?

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

4 Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No one!

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

5 A person’s days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.

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

6 So look away from him and let him alone, till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.

7 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.

7 “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 the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

8 Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil,

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