XIV. 1909-14. The Book of Job. The Harvard Classics

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The Book of Job.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

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[1]	MAN, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble.
[2]	He cometh forth like a flower, and is 1 cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
[3]	And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?
[4]	Who 2 can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
[5]	Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
[6]	Look away from him, that he may rest, 3 Till he shall accomplish, 4 as a hireling, his day.

[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.
[8]	Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground;
[9]	Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant.
[10]	But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
[11]	As the waters fail 5 from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up;
[12]	So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.

[13]	Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
[14]	If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would 6 I wait, Till my release 7 should come.
[15]	Thou wouldest 8 call, and I would answer thee: Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands.
[16]	But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin?
[17]	My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And thou fastenest up mine iniquity.

[18]	But the mountain falling cometh 9 to nought; And the rock is removed out of its place;
[19]	The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.
[20]	Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
[21]	His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
[22]	But 10 his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth.

Note 1. Or, withereth. [back]

Note 2. Or, Oh that a clean thing could come out of an unclean! not one can. [back]

Note 3. Heb. cease. [back]

Note 4. Or, have pleasure in. [back]

Note 5. Heb. are gone. [back]

Note 6. Or, will … shall come. [back]

Note 7. Or, change. [back]

Note 8. Or, shall call, and I will &c. [back]

Note 9. Heb. fadeth away. [back]

Note 10. Or, Only for himself his flesh hath pain, and for himself his soul mourneth. [back]

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