Job 14:1 - 16:22

Job 14:1-22 (NASB) 
¹ "Man, who is born of woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil.
² "Like a flower he comes forth and withers. He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
³ "You also open Your eyes on him And bring him into judgment with Yourself.
⁴ "Who can make the clean out of the unclean? No one!
⁵ "Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You; And his limits You have set so that he cannot pass.
⁶ "Turn Your gaze from him that he may rest, Until he fulfills his day like a hired man.
⁷ "For there is hope for a tree, When it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And its shoots will not fail.
⁸ "Though its roots grow old in the ground And its stump dies in the dry soil,
⁹ At the scent of water it will flourish And put forth sprigs like a plant.
¹⁰ "But man dies and lies prostrate. Man expires, and where is he?
¹¹ "As water evaporates from the sea, And a river becomes parched and dried up,
¹² So man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no longer, He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep.
¹³ "Oh that You would hide me in Sheol, That You would conceal me until Your wrath returns to You, That You would set a limit for me and remember me!
¹⁴ "If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my struggle I will wait Until my change comes.
¹⁵ "You will call, and I will answer You; You will long for the work of Your hands.
¹⁶ "For now You number my steps, You do not observe my sin.
¹⁷ "My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And You wrap up my iniquity.
¹⁸ "But the falling mountain crumbles away, And the rock moves from its place;
¹⁹ Water wears away stones, Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth; So You destroy man's hope.
²⁰ "You forever overpower him and he departs; You change his appearance and send him away.
²¹ "His sons achieve honor, but he does not know it; Or they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it.
²² "But his body pains him, And he mourns only for himself."

Job 15:1-35 (NASB) 
¹ Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,
² "Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge And fill himself with the east wind?
³ "Should he argue with useless talk, Or with words which are not profitable?
⁴ "Indeed, you do away with reverence And hinder meditation before God.
⁵ "For your guilt teaches your mouth, And you choose the language of the crafty.
⁶ "Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; And your own lips testify against you.
⁷ "Were you the first man to be born, Or were you brought forth before the hills?
⁸ "Do you hear the secret counsel of God, And limit wisdom to yourself?
⁹ "What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that we do not?
¹⁰ "Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, Older than your father.
¹¹ "Are the consolations of God too small for you, Even the word spoken gently with you?
¹² "Why does your heart carry you away? And why do your eyes flash,
¹³ That you should turn your spirit against God And allow such words to go out of your mouth?
¹⁴ "What is man, that he should be pure, Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
¹⁵ "Behold, He puts no trust in His holy ones, And the heavens are not pure in His sight;
¹⁶ How much less one who is detestable and corrupt, Man, who drinks iniquity like water!
¹⁷ "I will tell you, listen to me; And what I have seen I will also declare;
¹⁸ What wise men have told, And have not concealed from their fathers,
¹⁹ To whom alone the land was given, And no alien passed among them.
²⁰ "The wicked man writhes in pain all his days, And numbered are the years stored up for the ruthless.
²¹ "Sounds of terror are in his ears; While at peace the destroyer comes upon him.
²² "He does not believe that he will return from darkness, And he is destined for the sword.
²³ "He wanders about for food, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that a day of darkness is at hand.
²⁴ "Distress and anguish terrify him, They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,
²⁵ Because he has stretched out his hand against God And conducts himself arrogantly against the Almighty.
²⁶ "He rushes headlong at Him With his massive shield.
²⁷ "For he has covered his face with his fat And made his thighs heavy with flesh.
²⁸ "He has lived in desolate cities, In houses no one would inhabit, Which are destined to become ruins.
²⁹ "He will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure; And his grain will not bend down to the ground.
³⁰ "He will not escape from darkness; The flame will wither his shoots, And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
³¹ "Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; For emptiness will be his reward.
³² "It will be accomplished before his time, And his palm branch will not be green.
³³ "He will drop off his unripe grape like the vine, And will cast off his flower like the olive tree.
³⁴ "For the company of the godless is barren, And fire consumes the tents of the corrupt.
³⁵ "They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity, And their mind prepares deception."

Job 16:1-22 (NASB) 
¹ Then Job answered,
² "I have heard many such things; Sorry comforters are you all.
³ "Is there no limit to windy words? Or what plagues you that you answer?
⁴ "I too could speak like you, If I were in your place. I could compose words against you And shake my head at you.
⁵ "I could strengthen you with my mouth, And the solace of my lips could lessen your pain.
⁶ "If I speak, my pain is not lessened, And if I hold back, what has left me?
⁷ "But now He has exhausted me; You have laid waste all my company.
⁸ "You have shriveled me up, It has become a witness; And my leanness rises up against me, It testifies to my face.
⁹ "His anger has torn me and hunted me down, He has gnashed at me with His teeth; My adversary glares at me.
¹⁰ "They have gaped at me with their mouth, They have slapped me on the cheek with contempt; They have massed themselves against me.
¹¹ "God hands me over to ruffians And tosses me into the hands of the wicked.
¹² "I was at ease, but He shattered me, And He has grasped me by the neck and shaken me to pieces; He has also set me up as His target.
¹³ "His arrows surround me. Without mercy He splits my kidneys open; He pours out my gall on the ground.
¹⁴ "He breaks through me with breach after breach; He runs at me like a warrior.
¹⁵ "I have sewed sackcloth over my skin And thrust my horn in the dust.
¹⁶ "My face is flushed from weeping, And deep darkness is on my eyelids,
¹⁷ Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
¹⁸ "O earth, do not cover my blood, And let there be no resting place for my cry.
¹⁹ "Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And my advocate is on high.
²⁰ "My friends are my scoffers; My eye weeps to God.
²¹ "O that a man might plead with God As a man with his neighbor!
²² "For when a few years are past, I shall go the way of no return.