Good News Bible

Job 14:12-20 Good News Bible (GNB)

12. people die, never to rise.They will never wake up while the sky endures;they will never stir from their sleep.

13. I wish you would hide me in the world of the dead;let me be hidden until your anger is over,and then set a time to remember me.

14. If people die, can they come back to life?But I will wait for better times,wait till this time of trouble is ended.

15. Then you will call, and I will answer,and you will be pleased with me, your creature.

16. Then you will watch every step I take,but you will not keep track of my sins.

17. You will forgive them and put them away;you will wipe out all the wrongs I have done.

18. There comes a time when mountains falland solid cliffs are moved away.

19. Water will wear down rocks,and heavy rain will wash away the soil;so you destroy our hope for life.

20. You overpower someone and send him away for ever;his face is twisted in death.