Job Laments the Finality of Death 1 UEB Man, who is born of woman, lives only a few days and is full of trouble. BSB BSB: “Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
2 UEB He sprouts from the ground like a flower and is cut down; he flees like a shadow and does not last. BSB BSB: Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
3 UEB Do you look at any of these? Do you bring me into judgment with you? BSB BSB: Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?
4 UEB Who can bring something clean out of something unclean? No one. BSB BSB: Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
5 UEB Man's days are determined. The number of his months is with you; you have appointed his limits that he cannot 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 UEB Look away from him that he may rest, so that he may enjoy his day like a hired man if he can do so. BSB BSB: look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.
7 UEB There can be hope for a tree; if it is cut down, it might sprout again, so that its tender stalk does not disappear. 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 UEB Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stump dies in the ground, BSB BSB: If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,
9 UEB yet even if it only smells water, it will bud and send out branches like a plant. BSB BSB: at the scent of water it will bud and put forth twigs like a sapling.
10 UEB But man dies; he becomes weak; indeed, man stops breathing, and then where is he? BSB BSB: But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
11 UEB As water disappears from a lake, and as a river loses water and dries up, BSB BSB: As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,
12 UEB so people lie down and do not rise again. Until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor be roused 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 UEB Oh, that you would hide me away in Sheol away from troubles, and that you would keep me in private until your wrath is over, that you would set me a fixed time to stay there and then call me to mind! 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 UEB If a man dies, will he live again? If so, I would wish to wait all my weary time there until my release 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 UEB You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire for the work of your hands. BSB BSB: You will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.
16 UEB You would number and care for my footsteps; you would not keep track of my sin. BSB BSB: For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.
17 UEB My transgression would be sealed up in a bag; you would cover up my iniquity. BSB BSB: My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.
18 UEB But even mountains fall and come to nothing; even rocks are moved out of their place; BSB BSB: But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,
19 UEB the waters wear down the stones; their flooding washes away the dust of the earth. Like this, you destroy 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 UEB You always defeat him, and he passes away; you change his face and send him away to die. BSB BSB: You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.
21 UEB If his sons are honored, he does not know it; and if they are brought low, he does not see it. BSB BSB: If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.
22 UEB He feels only the pain of his own body, and he mourns for himself. BSB BSB: He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”
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