Job Laments the Finality of Death 1 DBY Man, born of woman, is of few days, and full of trouble. BSB BSB: “Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
2 DBY He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not. BSB BSB: Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
3 DBY Yet dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with thee? BSB BSB: Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?
4 DBY Who can bring a clean man out of the unclean? Not one! BSB BSB: Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
5 DBY If his days are determined, if the number of his months is with thee, and thou hast appointed his bounds which he must not pass, BSB BSB: Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,
6 DBY Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day. BSB BSB: look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.
7 DBY For there is hope for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease; BSB BSB: For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.
8 DBY Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground, BSB BSB: If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,
9 DBY Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a young plant. BSB BSB: at the scent of water it will bud and put forth twigs like a sapling.
10 DBY But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he? BSB BSB: But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
11 DBY The waters recede from the lake, and the river wasteth and drieth up: BSB BSB: As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,
12 DBY So man lieth down, and riseth not again; till the heavens be no more, they do not awake, nor are raised out of their sleep. BSB BSB: so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.
13 DBY Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldest keep me secret until thine anger be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me, — BSB BSB: If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!
14 DBY (If a man die, shall he live again ?) all the days of my time of toil would I wait, till my change should come: BSB BSB: When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.
15 DBY Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee; thou wouldest have a desire after the work of thy hands. BSB BSB: You will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.
16 DBY For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin? BSB BSB: For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.
17 DBY My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou heapest up mine iniquity. BSB BSB: My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.
18 DBY And indeed a mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of its place; BSB BSB: But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,
19 DBY The waters wear the stones, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man. BSB BSB: as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.
20 DBY Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth away; thou changest his countenance, and dismissest him. BSB BSB: You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.
21 DBY His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not. BSB BSB: If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.
22 DBY But his flesh hath pain for himself alone, and his soul mourneth for himself. BSB BSB: He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”
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