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14:1 人為婦人所生，日子短少，多有患難；
14:2 出來如花，又被割下，飛去如影，不能存留。
14:3 這樣的人你豈睜眼看他嗎？又叫我來受審嗎？
14:4 誰能使潔淨之物出於污穢之中呢？無論誰也不能！
14:5 人的日子既然限定，他的月數在你那裡，你也派定他的界限，使他不能越過，
14:6 便求你轉眼不看他，使他得歇息，直等他像雇工人完畢他的日子。
默想: 約伯覺得人生苦短甚至不如一朵容易凋謝的花朵，人活在這個世界上，有如影子飛逝，去日苦多，實在沒有什麼幸福可言。對他而言，人活在這個世上的生命是充滿污穢，卻不知為何上帝還要尋隙懲罰他。他感到自己那麼有限，早已被上帝限定無法越過，他只能求神不要再記念他好讓他能夠早日歇息(1-6)。同時他又感覺，自己的人生還不如一棵樹木，樹被砍了，還可指望發芽。但是，人生不如樹，而像個乾涸的江河，讓人不再有指望。(7-17)我們可以看到，此時的約伯充滿灰色的思想，對人生充滿悲觀。他甚至求神在他死後將他藏在陰間，直等到上帝的忿怒過去，再來紀念他，好使他能夠得到申冤。對約伯而言，活在這個世上，充滿痛苦、悲哀，卻又無法逃避上帝的究查，約伯為此替自己的生命感到無限的悲涼淒慘。
事實上許多在困難挫折的人，都會有這種感覺，這不單是約伯心情的寫照，也是許多在生命中遭遇患難者心情的寫照，我們看他們，不一定要站在評價的角度，而更應該站在同理、體貼的角度。
題目: 約伯認為人的生命不如植物，因為植物生生不息，你對此有何看法呢？
14:1 人為婦人所生，日子短少，多有患難；
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. few...: Heb. short of days
14:2 出來如花，又被割下，飛去如影，不能存留。
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
14:3 這樣的人你豈睜眼看他嗎？又叫我來受審嗎？
And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
14:4 誰能使潔淨之物出於污穢之中呢？無論誰也不能！
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. can...: Heb. will give
14:5 人的日子既然限定，他的月數在你那裡，你也派定他的界限，使他不能越過，
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
14:6 便求你轉眼不看他，使他得歇息，直等他像雇工人完畢他的日子。
Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. rest: Heb. cease
14:7 樹若被砍下，還可指望發芽，嫩枝生長不息；
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.
14:8 其根雖然衰老在地裡，幹也死在土中，
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
14:9 及至得了水氣，還要發芽，又長枝條，像新栽的樹一樣。
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
14:10 但人死亡而消滅；他氣絕，竟在何處呢？
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? wasteth...: Heb. is weakened, or, cut off
14:11 海中的水絕盡，江河消散乾涸。
As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
14:12 人也是如此，躺下不再起來，等到天沒有了，仍不得復醒，也不得從睡中喚醒。
So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
14:13 惟願你把我藏在陰間，存於隱密處，等你的忿怒過去；願你為我定了日期，記念我。
O 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!
14:14 人若死了豈能再活呢？我只要在我一切爭戰的日子，等我被釋放（或譯：改變）的時候來到。
If a man die, shall he live again ? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
14:15 你呼叫，我便回答；你手所做的，你必羨慕。
Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
14:16 但如今你數點我的腳步，豈不窺察我的罪過嗎？
For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
14:17 我的過犯被你封在囊中，也縫嚴了我的罪孽。
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
14:18 山崩變為無有；磐石挪開原處。
And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place. cometh...: Heb. fadeth
14:19 水流消磨石頭，所流溢的洗去地上的塵土；你也照樣滅絕人的指望。
The 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. washest...: Heb. overflowest
14:20 你攻擊人常常得勝，使他去世；你改變他的容貌，叫他往而不回。
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
14:21 他兒子得尊榮，他也不知道，降為卑，他也不覺得。
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
14:22 但知身上疼痛，心中悲哀。
But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
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