Job:14-16

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* Man that is born of a woman is of few days , and full of trouble . * He cometh forth like a flower , and is cut down : he fleeth also as a shadow , and continueth not . * And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one , and bringest me into judgment with thee ? * Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean ? not one . * Seeing his days are determined , the number of his months are with thee , thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass ; * Turn from him , that he may rest , till he shall accomplish , as an hireling , his day . * 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 . * Though the root thereof wax old in the earth , and the stock thereof die in the ground ; * Yet through the scent of water it will bud , and bring forth boughs like a plant . * But man dieth , and wasteth away : yea , man giveth up the ghost , and where is he ? * As the waters fail from the sea , and the flood decayeth and drieth up : * So man lieth down , and riseth not : till the heavens be no more , they shall not awake , nor be raised out of their sleep . * 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 ! * If a man die , shall he live again ? all the days of my appointed time will I wait , till my change come . * Thou shalt call , and I will answer thee : thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands . * For now thou numberest my steps : dost thou not watch over my sin ? * My transgression is sealed up in a bag , and thou sewest up mine iniquity . * And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought , and the rock is removed out of his place . * 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 . * Thou prevailest for ever against him , and he passeth : thou changest his countenance , and sendest him away . * His sons come to honour , and he knoweth it not ; and they are brought low , but he perceiveth it not of them . * But his flesh upon him shall have pain , and his soul within him shall mourn . * Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite , and said , * Should a wise man utter vain knowledge , and fill his belly with the east wind ? * Should he reason with unprofitable talk ? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good ? * Yea , thou castest off fear , and restrainest prayer before God . * For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity , and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty . * Thine own mouth condemneth thee , and not I : yea , thine own lips testify against thee . * Art thou the first man that was born ? or wast thou made before the hills ? * Hast thou heard the secret of God ? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself ? * What knowest thou , that we know not ? what understandest thou , which is not in us ? * With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men , much elder than thy father . * Are the consolations of God small with thee ? is there any secret thing with thee ? * Why doth thine heart carry thee away ? and what do thy eyes wink at , * That thou turnest thy spirit against God , and lettest such words go out of thy mouth ? * What is man , that he should be clean ? and he which is born of a woman , that he should be righteous ? * Behold , he putteth no trust in his saints ; yea , the heavens are not clean in his sight . * How much more abominable and filthy is man , which drinketh iniquity like water ? * I will shew thee , hear me ; and that which I have seen I will declare ; * Which wise men have told from their fathers , and have not hid it : * Unto whom alone the earth was given , and no stranger passed among them . * The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days , and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor . * A dreadful sound is in his ears : in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him . * He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness , and he is waited for of the sword . * He wandereth abroad for bread , saying , Where is it ? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand . * Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid ; they shall prevail against him , as a king ready to the battle . * For he stretcheth out his hand against God , and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty . * He runneth upon him , even on his neck , upon the thick bosses of his bucklers : * Because he covereth his face with his fatness , and maketh collops of fat on his flanks . * And he dwelleth in desolate cities , and in houses which no man inhabiteth , which are ready to become heaps . * He shall not be rich , neither shall his substance continue , neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth . * He shall not depart out of darkness ; the flame shall dry up his branches , and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away . * Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity : for vanity shall be his recompence . * It shall be accomplished before his time , and his branch shall not be green . * He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine , and shall cast off his flower as the olive . * For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate , and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery . * They conceive mischief , and bring forth vanity , and their belly prepareth deceit . * Then Job answered and said , * I have heard many such things : miserable comforters are ye all . * Shall vain words have an end ? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest ? * I also could speak as ye do : if your soul were in my soul 's stead , I could heap up words against you , and shake mine head at you . * But I would strengthen you with my mouth , and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief . * Though I speak , my grief is not asswaged : and though I forbear , what am I eased ? * But now he hath made me weary : thou hast made desolate all my company . * And thou hast filled me with wrinkles , which is a witness against me : and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face . * He teareth me in his wrath , who hateth me : he gnasheth upon me with his teeth ; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me . * They have gaped upon me with their mouth ; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully ; they have gathered themselves together against me . * God hath delivered me to the ungodly , and turned me over into the hands of the wicked . * I was at ease , but he hath broken me asunder : he hath also taken me by my neck , and shaken me to pieces , and set me up for his mark . * His archers compass me round about , he cleaveth my reins asunder , and doth not spare ; he poureth out my gall upon the ground . * He breaketh me with breach upon breach , he runneth upon me like a giant . * I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin , and defiled my horn in the dust . * My face is foul with weeping , and on my eyelids is the shadow of death ; * Not for any injustice in mine hands : also my prayer is pure . * O earth , cover not thou my blood , and let my cry have no place . * Also now , behold , my witness is in heaven , and my record is on high . * My friends scorn me : but mine eye poureth out tears unto God . * O that one might plead for a man with God , as a man pleadeth for his neighbour ! * When a few years are come , then I shall go the way whence I shall not return . * My breath is corrupt , my days are extinct , the graves are ready for me .

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