The Book of Job, Chapter 14, Verse 20

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!

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

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

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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.

King James Version

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

American Standard Version

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

New English Translation

You overpower him once for all, and he departs; you change his appearance and send him away.

World English Bible

You forever prevail against him, and he departs. You change his face, and send 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?

Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

[Art] thou the first man [that] was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?