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Job Continues to Argue His Case with God

14 “A human being born of a woman
is short of days and full of troubles.[a]
Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away;
and he flees like a[b] shadow, but[c] he does not last.
Even on such a one you fix your eyes,
and you bring me into judgment with you.

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  1. Job 14:1 Literally “trouble”
  2. Job 14:2 Or “the”
  3. Job 14:2 Hebrew “and”

14 “Mortals, born of woman,(A)
    are of few days(B) and full of trouble.(C)
They spring up like flowers(D) and wither away;(E)
    like fleeting shadows,(F) they do not endure.(G)
Do you fix your eye on them?(H)
    Will you bring them[a] before you for judgment?(I)

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  1. Job 14:3 Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew me