The Book of Job, Chapter 14, Verse 15

Seeing his days [are] determined, the number of his months [are] with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

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.

Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

[Yet] through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where [is] he?

[As] the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens [be] no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

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!

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If a man die, shall he live [again]? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

King James Version

Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

American Standard Version

Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee: Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands.

New English Translation

You will call and I– I will answer you; you will long for the creature you have made.

World English Bible

You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire to the work of your hands.

For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

My transgression [is] sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.

And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.

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.

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

His sons come to honour, and he knoweth [it] not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth [it] not of them.

But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?