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Chapter 14 |
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1 | Man that is born of a woman is of few
days and full of trouble. |
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2 | He cometh forth like a flower, and is
cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. |
| 3 | And doth
thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with
thee? |
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Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
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| 5 | Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee,
thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; |
| 6 | Turn from him,
that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. |
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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; |
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Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth
boughs like a plant. |
| 10 | But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man
giveth up the ghost, and where is he? |
| 11 | As the waters fail from the
sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: |
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12 | So man lieth down, and
riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised
out of their sleep. |
| 13 | 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! |
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14 | If a man die, shall he
live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change
come. |
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Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a
desire to the work of thine hands. |
| 16 | For now thou numberest my
steps: dost thou not watch over my sin? |
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17 | My transgression is sealed
up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. |
| 18 | And surely
the mountains falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his
place. |
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| 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. |
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Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou
changest his countenance, and sendest him away. |
| 21 | His sons
come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he
perceiveth it not of them. |
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22 | But his flesh upon him shall have
pain, and his soul within him shall mourn. |
