{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/erv/job/14","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T22:20:47.601Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":14,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":13,"nextChapter":15,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":22},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with thee, and thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"As the waters fail from the sea, and the river decayeth and drieth up;"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"So man lieth down and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"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!"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my warfare would I wait, till my release should come."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Thou shouldest call, and I would answer thee: thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thine hands."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"But now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou fastenest up mine iniquity."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of its place;"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: and thou destroyest the hope of man."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"But his flesh upon him hath pain, and his soul within him mourneth."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 14 (ERV)","markdown":"[Job 14](https://primebible.com/erv/job/14)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/job/14 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}