TODAY'S ENGLISH VERSION 1 All men lead the same short, troubled life. 2 They grow and wither as quickly as flowers; they disappear like shadows. 3 Will you even look at me, God, or bring me before you to be judged? 4 Nothing clean can ever come from anything as unclean as man. 5 The length of... [ Continue Reading ]
7. So brief is man's allotted time he should be left to enjoy it. (Job 14:1-6) TEXT 14:1-6 14 MAN, THAT IS BORN OF A WOMAN, Is of few days, and full of trouble. 2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a SHADOW, AND continueth NOT. 3 And dost thou open thine eyes upo... [ Continue Reading ]
8. When man goes to his death, he does not return. (Job 14:7-12) TEXT 14:7-12 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;... [ Continue Reading ]
9. Job longs for an afterlife. (Job 14:13-17) TEXT 14:13-17 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... [ Continue Reading ]
10. But hope is destroyed in Sheol. (Job 14:18-22) TEXT 14:18-22 18 BAT THE MOUNTAIN FALLING COMETH 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 destroyeth the hope of man. 20 Thou prevaile... [ Continue Reading ]