Job 14
1 "Man born of womanJob 15:14; Mt 11:11 1 is of few daysS Job 10:20 and full of trouble.S Ge 3:17; S Job 7:2Job 5:7Ecc 2:23 1 Job 5:7; Ecc 2:23
2 He springs up like a flowerPs 103:15; S Jas 1:10 and withers away;Ps 37:290:5-6Isa 40:6-8 2 Ps 90:5-6; Jas 1:10 2 like a fleeting shadow,Job 8:9Ps 39:4; 102:11; 109:23; 144:4; Ecc 6:12 he does not endure.S Job 4:20; Ps 49:12 2 Job 8:9
3 Do you fix your eye on such a one?Ps 8:4144:3 3 Ps 144:3 3 Will you bring him[a] Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew me before you for judgment?S Job 7:18Ps 143:2 3 Ps 143:2
4 Who can bring what is purePs 51:10 from the impure?S Job 4:17Eph 2:1-3 4 Ps 51:10; Eph 2:1-3 4 No one!S Job 9:30Jn 3:6; Ro 5:127:14 4 Jn 3:6; Ro 5:12
5 Man's days are determined;Job 24:1; Ps 31:15; 139:16 5 you have decreed the number of his monthsJob 21:21Ps 39:4; 90:12 5 Job 21:21 5 and have set limits he cannot exceed.Ac 17:26
6 So look away from him and let him alone,S Job 7:19 6 Job 7:19 6 till he has put in his time like a hired man.Job 7:1,2; Ps 39:13Isa 16:14; 21:16 6 Job 7:1-2
7 "At least there is hope for a tree:Job 19:10; 24:20; Ps 52:5 7 If it is cut down, it will sprout again, 7 and its new shootsIsa 11:1; 53:2; 60:21 will not fail.Isa 6:13
8 Its roots may grow old in the ground 8 and its stumpIsa 6:13; 11:1; 53:2 die in the soil, 8 Isa 6:13
9 yet at the scent of waterJob 29:19; Ps 1:3; Jer 17:8; Eze 31:7 it will bud 9 and put forth shoots like a plant.Lev 26:4; Eze 34:27; Zec 10:1 9 Lev 26:4
10 But man dies and is laid low;ver 12 10 he breathes his last and is no more.S Job 10:2113:19 10 Job 13:19
11 As water disappears from the sea 11 or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,S 2Sa 14:14Isa 19:5 11 Isa 19:5
12 so man lies down and does not rise;ver 10 12 till the heavens are no more,Ps 102:26Rev 20:11; 21:1 men will not awake 12 Rev 20:11; 21:1 12 or be roused from their sleep.Ac 3:21 12 Ac 3:21
13 "If only you would hide me in the grave[b] Hebrew SheolS Job 7:9 13 and conceal me till your anger has passed!Ps 30:5Isa 26:2054:7 13 Isa 26:20 13 If only you would set me a time 13 and then rememberS Ge 8:1 me!Job 6:8
14 If a man dies, will he live again? 14 All the days of my hard serviceS Job 7:1 14 I will wait for my renewal[c] Or releaseS 2Ki 6:33 to come.
15 You will call and I will answer you;S Job 13:22 15 Job 13:22 15 you will long for the creature your hands have made.S Job 10:3
16 Surely then you will count my stepsS Job 10:4Ps 139:1-3Pr 5:21; Jer 16:1732:19 16 Pr 5:21; Jer 32:19 16 but not keep track of my sin.Job 10:61Co 13:5 16 Job 10:6
17 My offenses will be sealedJer 32:10 up in a bag;S Dt 32:34 17 Dt 32:34 17 you will cover over my sin.S Job 9:30; S 13:23Hos 13:12 17 Hos 13:12
18 "But as a mountain erodes and crumblesEze 38:20 18 and as a rock is moved from its place,Job 18:4 18 Job 18:4
19 as water wears away stones 19 and torrentsEze 13:13 wash away the soil,S Ge 7:23 19 Job 7:6 19 so you destroy man's hope.S Job 7:6
20 You overpower him once for all, and he is gone;S Job 4:20 20 you change his countenance and send him away.S Job 7:10; 8:18; S 12:19; 27:19; Jas 1:10 20 Job 12:19; Jas 1:10
21 If his sons are honored, he does not know it; 21 if they are brought low, he does not see it.Job 21:21Ecc 9:5; Isa 63:16 21 Ecc 9:5; Isa 63:16
22 He feels but the pain of his own bodyPs 38:7; Isa 21:3; Jer 4:19 22 and mourns only for himself.Job 21:21" 22 Job 21:21 Job 15
1 Eliphaz
1 Then Eliphaz the TemaniteS Job 4:1 replied:
2 "Would a wise man answer with empty notions 2 or fill his belly with the hot east wind?S Ge 41:6Job 6:26 2 Job 6:26
3 Would he argue with useless words, 3 with speeches that have no value?S Ne 4:2-3; S Job 6:26
4 But you even undermine piety 4 and hinder devotion to God.Job 25:6
5 Your sinJob 11:6; 22:5 prompts your mouth;Pr 16:23 5 Pr 16:23 5 you adopt the tongue of the crafty.S Job 5:13 5 Job 5:13
6 Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; 6 your own lips testify against you.S Job 9:15; 18:7; Ps 10:2; S Mt 12:37Lk 19:22 6 Lk 19:22
7 "Are you the first man ever born?Job 38:21 7 Job 38:21 7 Were you brought forth before the hills?S 1Sa 2:8Ps 90:2; Pr 8:25 7 Ps 90:2; Pr 8:25
8 Do you listen in on God's council?Job 29:4; Isa 9:6; 40:13; 41:28; Jer 23:18Ro 11:341Co 2:11 8 Ro 11:34; 1Co 2:11 8 Do you limit wisdom to yourself ?S Job 12:2
9 What do you know that we do not know? 9 What insights do you have that we do not have?S Job 12:3Job 13:2 9 Job 13:2
10 The gray-haired and the agedS Job 12:12Job 32:6-7 are on our side, 10 Job 32:6-7 10 men even older than your father.S 2Ch 10:6
11 Are God's consolationsS Ge 37:35; S Job 6:102Co 1:3-4 not enough for you, 11 2Co 1:3-4 11 wordsZec 1:13 spoken gently to you?S Dt 8:3; S 32:39; S Job 5:17; 22:22; 23:1236:16Ps 119:11,72; Jer 15:16 11 Job 36:16
12 Why has your heartJob 11:1336:13 carried you away, 12 Job 11:13 12 and why do your eyes flash,
13 so that you vent your ragePr 29:11; Da 11:30 against God 13 Pr 29:11 13 and pour out such wordsPs 94:4 from your mouth?S Job 11:8; 22:5; 32:3
14 "What is man, that he could be pure, 14 or one born of woman,S Job 14:1Job 14:425:4 that he could be righteous?S 2Ch 6:36; S Job 4:17Pr 20:9; Ecc 7:20 14 Job 14:4; Pr 20:9; Ecc 7:20
15 If God places no trust in his holy ones,S Job 5:1 15 if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,S Job 4:1825:5 15 Job 25:5
16 how much less man, who is vile and corrupt,S Lev 5:2; S Job 4:19Ps 14:1 16 Ps 14:1 16 who drinks up evilJob 20:12 like water!Job 12:434:7; Pr 19:28 16 Job 34:7; Pr 19:28
17 "Listen to me and I will explain to you; 17 let me tell you what I have seen,S Job 4:8
18 what wise men have declared, 18 hiding nothing received from their fathersS Dt 32:7Job 8:8 18 Job 8:8
19 (to whom alone the landGe 12:1; Job 22:8 was given 19 when no alien passed among them):
20 All his days the wicked man suffers torment,ver 24; Isa 8:22; 50:11; 66:24 20 the ruthless through all the years stored up for him.Job 24:1; 27:13-23Isa 2:12; Jer 46:10; Ob 1:15; Zep 1:7 20 Job 24:1; 27:13-23
21 Terrifying sounds fill his ears;ver 24; S 1Sa 3:11Job 18:11; 20:25Jer 6:25; 20:3 21 Job 18:11; 20:25 21 when all seems well, marauders attack him.Job 22:1027:20Isa 13:3; Jer 51:25,53,561Th 5:3 21 1Th 5:3
22 He despairs of escaping the darkness;ver 23; S Job 5:14; 24:17; 38:15; Ps 91:5; SS 3:8 22 he is marked for the sword.Job 16:13; 18:1919:2920:2427:1433:18; 36:12; Pr 7:23; Isa 1:20; Jer 44:27; Hos 9:13; Am 5:19 22 Job 27:14
23 He wanders aboutPs 59:15109:10—food for vultures[d] Or about, looking for food;Pr 30:17; Eze 39:17; Mt 24:28; Lk 17:37 23 Ps 109:10 23 he knows the day of darknessS ver 22 is at hand.Job 18:12 23 Job 18:12
24 Distress and anguishIsa 8:22; 9:1 fill him with terror;S ver 20 24 they overwhelm him, like a kingJob 18:14 poised to attack,
25 because he shakes his fistPs 44:16; Isa 10:32; 37:23 at God 25 and vaunts himself against the Almighty,S Job 11:8; 35:1236:940:8; Ps 2:2-3; 73:9; 75:5; Pr 21:30; Isa 3:16; 45:9 25 Job 36:9
26 defiantly charging against him 26 with a thick, strong shield.Jer 44:16
27 "Though his face is covered with fat 27 and his waist bulges with flesh,S Jdg 3:17Ps 17:10 27 Ps 17:10
28 he will inhabit ruined towns 28 and houses where no one lives,Isa 5:9 28 Isa 5:9 28 houses crumbling to rubble.S Job 3:14 28 Job 3:14
29 He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure,S Job 3:15; S 7:8Job 27:16-17 29 Job 27:16-17 29 nor will his possessions spread over the land.Isa 5:8
30 He will not escape the darkness;S Job 5:14 30 Job 5:14 30 a flamever 34Job 16:7; 20:2622:2031:12 will wither his shoots,ver 32; Job 8:19; 18:16; 29:19; Hos 9:1-16; Mal 4:1 30 Job 22:20 30 and the breath of God's mouthS Ex 15:10Job 4:9 will carry him away.Isa 40:23-24 30 Job 4:9
31 Let him not deceiveJob 31:5; Pr 1:16; 6:18; Isa 44:20; 59:7; Mic 2:11; S Mk 13:5; Jas 1:16 himself by trusting what is worthless,Isa 30:12; 47:1059:4Jer 7:4,8; S Mt 6:19 31 Isa 59:4 31 for he will get nothing in return.Job 20:7; 22:13; 27:9; 35:13; Pr 15:29; Isa 1:15; Jer 11:11; Mic 3:4
32 Before his timeEcc 7:17 he will be paid in full,Job 22:1636:14Ps 55:23109:8; Pr 10:27 32 Job 22:16; Ps 55:23 32 and his branches will not flourish.S ver 30Job 18:16 32 Job 18:16
33 He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes,Hab 3:17 33 Hab 3:17 33 like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.S Job 4:20
34 For the company of the godlessS Job 8:13 will be barren, 34 and fire will consumeS ver 30; Heb 10:27 the tents of those who love bribes.S Ex 23:8; S 1Sa 8:3Job 8:22 34 Job 8:22
35 They conceive troubleS Job 5:7 and give birth to evil;S Job 4:8; S Isa 29:20; Gal 6:7; Jas 1:15Ps 7:14; Isa 59:4Hos 10:13 35 Ps 7:14; Isa 59:4; Hos 10:13 35 their womb fashions deceit."
