Catholic Public Domain Version
"You have strengthened him for a little while, so that he may cross over into eternity. You will change his face and send him forth. "
— Job 14:20, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.”
“Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. ”
“You forever prevail against him, and he departs. You change his face, and send him away.”
“You overpower him once for all, and he departs; you change his appearance and send him away.”
“Thou hast strengthened him for a little while, that he may pass away for ever: thou shalt change his face, and shalt send him away.”
“You overcome him for ever, and he is gone; his face is changed in death, and you send him away.”
“Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.”
You have sealed up my offenses, as if in a purse, but you have cured my iniquity.
A falling mountain flows away, and a stone is transferred from its place.
Waters wear away stones, and with a flood the land is reduced little by little; and similarly, you will destroy man.
You have strengthened him for a little while, so that he may cross over into eternity. You will change his face and send him forth.
Whether his sons have been noble or ignoble, he will not understand.
And in this way his body, while he yet lives, will have grief, and his soul will mourn over himself.