Job 14
- 1Man who is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.
- 2He comes out like a flower, and is cut down. He flees also as a shadow, and does not continue.
- 3And do you open your eyes on such a one, and bring me into judgment with you?
- 4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.
- 5Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with you, you have appointed his bounds that he cannot pass,
- 6Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hired worker, his day.
- 7For there is hope of a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch of it will not stop.
- 8Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground,
- 9Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put out branches like a plant.
- 10But man dies, and wastes away: yes, man dies, and where is he?
- 11As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decays and dries up:
- 12So man lies down, and does not rise. Till the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, or be raised out of their sleep.
- 13Oh, if only you would hide me in the grave, that you would keep me secret, until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
- 14If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time I will wait, till my change come.
- 15You shall call, and I will answer you: you will have a desire to the work of your hands.
- 16For now you number my steps: do you not watch over my sin?
- 17My rebellion is sealed up in a bag, and you sew up my wrongdoing.
- 18And surely the mountain falling comes to nothing, and the rock is removed out of its place.
- 19The waters wear the stones. You wash away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth, and you destroy the hope of man.
- 20You overpower him forever, and he passes. You change his face, and send him away.
- 21His sons come to honor, and he does not know it, and they are brought low, but he does not see it of them.
- 22But his flesh on him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Job 14 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVMan that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.
GIGAKJVMan who is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.
KJVHe cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
GIGAKJVHe comes out like a flower, and is cut down. He flees also as a shadow, and does not continue.
KJVAnd doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
GIGAKJVAnd do you open your eyes on such a one, and bring me into judgment with you?
KJVWho can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
GIGAKJVWho can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.
KJVSeeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
GIGAKJVSeeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with you, you have appointed his bounds that he cannot pass,
KJVTurn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
GIGAKJVTurn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hired worker, his day.
KJVFor 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.
GIGAKJVFor there is hope of a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch of it will not stop.
KJVThough the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
GIGAKJVThough its root grow old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground,
KJVYet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
GIGAKJVYet through the scent of water it will bud, and put out branches like a plant.
KJVBut man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
GIGAKJVBut man dies, and wastes away: yes, man dies, and where is he?
KJVAs the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
GIGAKJVAs the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decays and dries up:
KJVSo man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
GIGAKJVSo man lies down, and does not rise. Till the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, or be raised out of their sleep.
KJVO 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!
GIGAKJVOh, if only you would hide me in the grave, that you would keep me secret, until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
KJVIf a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
GIGAKJVIf a man die, shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time I will wait, till my change come.
KJVThou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
GIGAKJVYou shall call, and I will answer you: you will have a desire to the work of your hands.
KJVFor now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
GIGAKJVFor now you number my steps: do you not watch over my sin?
KJVMy transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
GIGAKJVMy rebellion is sealed up in a bag, and you sew up my wrongdoing.
KJVAnd surely the mountains falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
GIGAKJVAnd surely the mountain falling comes to nothing, and the rock is removed out of its place.
KJVThe 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.
GIGAKJVThe waters wear the stones. You wash away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth, and you destroy the hope of man.
KJVThou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
GIGAKJVYou overpower him forever, and he passes. You change his face, and send him away.
KJVHis sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
GIGAKJVHis sons come to honor, and he does not know it, and they are brought low, but he does not see it of them.
KJVBut his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
GIGAKJVBut his flesh on him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
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