Passage

Job 14.4

Book: Job · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

2. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 3. And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?

4. Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; 6. Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day. (Job 14:2-6, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

2. He grows up like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue. 3. Do you open your eyes on such a one, and bring me into judgment with you?

4. Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he can’t pass; 6. Look away from him, that he may rest, until he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day. (Job 14:2-6, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

2. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 3. And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

4. Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. ^{can: Heb. will give}

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; 6. Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. ^{rest: Heb. cease} (Job 14:2-6, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

2. As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not. 3. Also, on this Thou hast opened Thine eyes, And dost bring me into judgment with Thee.

4. Who giveth a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

If determined are his days, The number of his months [are] with Thee, His limit Thou hast made, And he passeth not over; 6. Look away from off him that he may cease, Till he enjoy as an hireling his day. (Job 14:2-6, YLT)

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Setting

Speaker: narrator + Job + friends + LORD (multi-voiced dialogue)
Audience: wisdom-tradition Israel
Location: land of Uz (Edomite region)
Time period: events possibly patriarchal-era; composed unclear, likely c. 1500-500 BC

Theological reading

Key words

H0259 - echad, echad (Strong's H259). Also appears in: Genesis 2.24, Genesis 3, Genesis 10.25.

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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