1 Man born of woman has a short life full of sorrow.
2 Like a flower he blossoms and withers; transient and fleeting as a shadow.
3 Is he the one you look on and bring before you for judgment?
4 Who can bring the clean from the unclean? No one!
5 Since his days are measured and you have decreed the number of his months, set him bounds he cannot pass,
6 then leave him alone. Turn away from him till he completes his day like a hireling.
7 There is hope for a tree: if cut down it will sprout again, its new shoots will still appear.
8 Though its roots grow old in the ground and its stump withers in the soil,
9 at the scent of water it will bud and put forth shoots like a young plant.
10 But when man is cut down, he comes undone; he breathes his last - where will he be?
11 The waters of the sea may disappear, rivers drain away,
12 but the one who lies down will not rise again; the heavens will vanish before he wakes, before he rises from his sleep.
13 If only you would hide me in the grave and shelter me till your wrath is past! If only you would set a time for me and then remember me!
14 Will a man live again if he dies? All the days of my service I would wait for my release.
15 You would call and I would answer; you would long for the work of your hands again.
16 Now you watch my every step, but then you would stop counting my sins.
17 My offenses would be sealed in a bag, and you would do away with my guilt.
18 But as mountains erode and crumble, as rock is moved from its place,
19 as waters wear away stones and floods wash away the soil, so you destroy the hope of man.
20 You crush him once for all, and he is gone; you change his appearance and send him away.
21 If his sons are honored, he does not know it; if brought low, he does not see it.
22 Only the pain of his own body does he feel; only for himself does he mourn.
Versículos relacionados com Job, 14:
In Job chapter 14, the character expresses his anguish in the face of the brevity of human life and the inevitability of death. He wonders whether there will be hope after death and reflects on the transience of human existence. The verses selected below address themes related to the fragility of human life and hope in God.
Psalm 39:4-5: "Make me know, Lord, my end, and the measure of my days what is I feel how fragile I am. Behold, my days have done as Palm; the time of my life It is like nothing before you, in fact, every man, no matter how firm, is totally vanity. " This psalm expresses the same anguish present in Job's heart about the fragility of human life and the brevity of time.
Psalm 90:12: "Teach us to tell our days, that we may reach wise heart." This psalm also addresses the transience of human life and the importance of valuing every moment as if it were the last.
1 Corinthians 15:51-52: "Behold, I say a mystery here: In fact, we will not all sleep, but we will all be transformed into an open and close eye, before the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and them Dead will be incorru with incorruptible, and we will be transformed. " In this verse, Paul speaks of hope in the resurrection and transformation of the human body into a glorified body.
2 Corinthians 4:16-18: "Therefore we do not break down; but even though our outer man is corrupted, the interior, however, renews himself from day to day. Because our light and momentary tribulation produces an eternal weight for us. of very excellent glory; not paying attention to us in things that are seen, but in those that are not seen; for those who see themselves are temporal, and those who do not see are eternal. " In this verse, Paul talks about the importance of maintaining hope in eternal life, even in the midst of the tribulations and difficulties of earthly life.
Revelation 21:4: "And God will clean from his eyes every tear; and there will be no more death, no weeping, no cry, no pain; for the first things are passed." This verse speaks of hope in eternal life in a new heaven and new earth, where there will be no more pain, death or sadness.
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