Job 14
NIV — New International Version Bible (NIV)
SVL — Swedish Contemporary Bible (SVL)
Verse 1
“Mortals, born of woman,
are of few days and full of trouble.
are of few days and full of trouble.
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Verse 2
They spring up like flowers and wither away;
like fleeting shadows, they do not endure.
like fleeting shadows, they do not endure.
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Verse 4
Who can bring what is pure from the impure?
No one!
No one!
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Verse 5
A person’s days are determined;
you have decreed the number of his months
and have set limits he cannot exceed.
you have decreed the number of his months
and have set limits he cannot exceed.
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Verse 6
So look away from him and let him alone,
till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.
till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.
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Verse 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.
If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
and its new shoots will not fail.
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Verse 8
Its roots may grow old in the ground
and its stump die in the soil,
and its stump die in the soil,
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Verse 9
yet at the scent of water it will bud
and put forth shoots like a plant.
and put forth shoots like a plant.
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Verse 10
But a man dies and is laid low;
he breathes his last and is no more.
he breathes his last and is no more.
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Verse 11
As the water of a lake dries up
or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,
or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,
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Verse 12
so he lies down and does not rise;
till the heavens are no more, people will not awake
or be roused from their sleep.
till the heavens are no more, people will not awake
or be roused from their sleep.
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Verse 13
“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!
and conceal me till your anger has passed!
If only you would set me a time
and then remember me!
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Verse 14
If someone dies, will they live again?
All the days of my hard service
I will wait for my renewal[b] to come.
All the days of my hard service
I will wait for my renewal[b] to come.
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Verse 15
You will call and I will answer you;
you will long for the creature your hands have made.
you will long for the creature your hands have made.
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Verse 16
Surely then you will count my steps
but not keep track of my sin.
but not keep track of my sin.
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Verse 17
My offenses will be sealed up in a bag;
you will cover over my sin.
you will cover over my sin.
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Verse 18
“But as a mountain erodes and crumbles
and as a rock is moved from its place,
and as a rock is moved from its place,
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Verse 19
as water wears away stones
and torrents wash away the soil,
so you destroy a person’s hope.
and torrents wash away the soil,
so you destroy a person’s hope.
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Verse 20
You overpower them once for all, and they are gone;
you change their countenance and send them away.
you change their countenance and send them away.
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Verse 21
If their children are honored, they do not know it;
if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.
if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.
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Verse 22
They feel but the pain of their own bodies
and mourn only for themselves.”
and mourn only for themselves.”
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