New American Bible, Revised Edition

Job 14:1-5 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

1. Man born of womanis short-lived and full of trouble,

2. Like a flower that springs up and fades,swift as a shadow that does not abide.

3. Upon such a one will you set your eyes,bringing me into judgment before you?

4. Can anyone make the unclean clean?No one can.

5. Since his days are determined—you know the number of his months;you have fixed the limit which he cannot pass—