Job 14

אָ֭דָם יְל֣וּד אִשָּׁ֑ה קְצַ֥ר יָ֝מִ֗ים וּֽשְׂבַֽע־רֹֽגֶז׃

“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.

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

כְּצִ֣יץ יָ֭צָא וַיִּמָּ֑ל וַיִּבְרַ֥ח כַּ֝צֵּ֗ל וְלֹ֣א יַעֲמֽוֹד׃

Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.

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

אַף־עַל־זֶ֭ה פָּקַ֣חְתָּ עֵינֶ֑ךָ וְאֹ֘תִ֤י תָבִ֖יא בְמִשְׁפָּ֣ט עִמָּֽךְ׃

Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?

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

מִֽי־יִתֵּ֣ן טָ֭הוֹר מִטָּמֵ֗א לֹ֣א אֶחָֽד׃

Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!

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

אִ֥ם חֲרוּצִ֨ים ׀ יָמָ֗יו מִֽסְפַּר־חֳדָשָׁ֥יו אִתָּ֑ךְ (חקו) [חֻקָּ֥יו] עָ֝שִׂ֗יתָ וְלֹ֣א יַעֲבֽוֹר׃

Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,

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

שְׁעֵ֣ה מֵעָלָ֣יו וְיֶחְדָּ֑ל עַד־יִ֝רְצֶ֗ה כְּשָׂכִ֥יר יוֹמֽוֹ׃

look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.

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

כִּ֤י יֵ֥שׁ לָעֵ֗ץ תִּ֫קְוָ֥ה אִֽם־יִ֭כָּרֵת וְע֣וֹד יַחֲלִ֑יף וְ֝יֹֽנַקְתּ֗וֹ לֹ֣א תֶחְדָּֽל׃

For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.

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.

אִם־יַזְקִ֣ין בָּאָ֣רֶץ שָׁרְשׁ֑וֹ וּ֝בֶעָפָ֗ר יָמ֥וּת גִּזְעֽוֹ׃

If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,

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

מֵרֵ֣יחַ מַ֣יִם יַפְרִ֑חַ וְעָשָׂ֖ה קָצִ֣יר כְּמוֹ־נָֽטַע׃

at the scent of water it will bud and put forth twigs like a sapling.

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

וְגֶ֣בֶר יָ֭מוּת וַֽיֶּחֱלָ֑שׁ וַיִּגְוַ֖ע אָדָ֣ם וְאַיּֽוֹ׃

But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?

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

אָֽזְלוּ־מַ֭יִם מִנִּי־יָ֑ם וְ֝נָהָ֗ר יֶחֱרַ֥ב וְיָבֵֽשׁ׃

As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,

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

וְאִ֥ישׁ שָׁכַ֗ב וְֽלֹא־יָ֫ק֥וּם עַד־בִּלְתִּ֣י שָׁ֭מַיִם לֹ֣א יָקִ֑יצוּ וְלֹֽא־יֵ֝עֹ֗רוּ מִשְּׁנָתָֽם׃

so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.

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

מִ֤י יִתֵּ֨ן ׀ בִּשְׁא֬וֹל תַּצְפִּנֵ֗נִי תַּ֭סְתִּירֵנִי עַד־שׁ֣וּב אַפֶּ֑ךָ תָּ֤שִׁ֥ית לִ֖י חֹ֣ק וְתִזְכְּרֵֽנִי׃

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!

O 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!

אִם־יָמ֥וּת גֶּ֗בֶר הֲיִ֫חְיֶ֥ה כָּל־יְמֵ֣י צְבָאִ֣י אֲיַחֵ֑ל עַד־בּ֝֗וֹא חֲלִיפָתִֽי׃

When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.

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

תִּ֭קְרָא וְאָנֹכִ֣י אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ךָּ לְֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יָדֶ֣יךָ תִכְסֹֽף׃

You will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.

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

כִּֽי־עַ֭תָּה צְעָדַ֣י תִּסְפּ֑וֹר לֹֽא־תִ֝שְׁמ֗וֹר עַל־חַטָּאתִֽי׃

For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.

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

חָתֻ֣ם בִּצְר֣וֹר פִּשְׁעִ֑י וַ֝תִּטְפֹּ֗ל עַל־עֲוֺנִֽי׃

My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.

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

וְ֭אוּלָם הַר־נוֹפֵ֣ל יִבּ֑וֹל וְ֝צ֗וּר יֶעְתַּ֥ק מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃

But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,

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

אֲבָנִ֤ים ׀ שָׁ֥חֲקוּ מַ֗יִם תִּשְׁטֹֽף־סְפִיחֶ֥יהָ עֲפַר־אָ֑רֶץ וְתִקְוַ֖ת אֱנ֣וֹשׁ הֶאֱבַֽדְתָּ׃

as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.

The 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.

תִּתְקְפֵ֣הוּ לָ֭נֶצַח וַֽיַּהֲלֹ֑ךְ מְשַׁנֶּ֥ה פָ֝נָ֗יו וַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵֽהוּ׃

You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.

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

יִכְבְּד֣וּ בָ֭נָיו וְלֹ֣א יֵדָ֑ע וְ֝יִצְעֲר֗וּ וְֽלֹא־יָבִ֥ין לָֽמוֹ׃

If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.

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

אַךְ־בְּ֭שָׂרוֹ עָלָ֣יו יִכְאָ֑ב וְ֝נַפְשׁ֗וֹ עָלָ֥יו תֶּאֱבָֽל׃

He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”

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