Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
Man ,
born of woman !
Of few days ,
and full of trouble !
Man that
is
born of a
woman is
of few days and full of trouble .
As
a
flower
he hath
gone
forth, and is cut off,
And
he fleeth as a shadow and standeth
not.
He cometh
forth like
a
flower
, and is cut down:
he fleeth also
as a shadow ,
and continueth
not.
Also
--
on
this
Thou hast
opened
Thine eyes, And dost
bring
me into judgment with Thee .
And
doth
thou open
thine eyes upon
such
an
one
, and bringest
me into judgment with thee ?
Who giveth
a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
Who can
bring
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
;
Seeing
his days are
determined
, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed
his
bounds
that
he cannot
pass
;
Look
away
from off
him that he may cease
, Till he enjoy
as an hireling his day.
Turn
from him ,
that he may rest
, till he shall
accomplish,
as an hireling ,
his day.
For there is of a tree hope
, if it be cut down, That again
it doth
change
, That its
tender branch doth
not cease.
For there is hope
of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will
sprout
again
, and
that the
tender branch thereof
will
not cease.
If
its
root becometh
old in the earth, And its
stem
doth
die in the dust,
Though
the
root thereof
wax
old in the earth, and the
stock
thereof
die in the ground;
From
the fragrance
of water it doth
flourish
, And hath
made
a
crop
as
a plant.
Yet
through
the scent
of water it will
bud
, and bring
forth
boughs
like
a plant.
And
a
man dieth, and becometh
weak
, And
man expireth
, and where `
is '
he?
But
man dieth, and wasteth
away:
yea
, man giveth
up
the
ghost
, and where is he?
Waters have
gone
away
from a
sea, And a
river
becometh
waste
and dry.
As
the
waters fail
from the
sea, and the
flood
decayeth
and drieth
up:
And
man hath
lain
down, and riseth not ,
Till the wearing
out
of
the
heavens they awake
not, Nor are
roused
from
their sleep.
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 in
Sheol
Thou wouldst
conceal
me,
Hide me till
the turning
of
Thine
anger
, Set
for
me a limit
, and remember me .
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 dieth
--
doth
he revive
? All days of my warfare
I wait, till my change come.
If a man die,
shall
he live
again
? all the
days of my appointed
time
will
I wait, till my change come.
Thou dost
call, and I --
I
answer Thee ;
To the work of Thy
hands Thou
hast
desire
.
Thou shalt
call, and I will
answer thee :
thou
wilt
have
a
desire
to the work of thine
hands.
But
now ,
my
steps
Thou numberest ,
Thou
dost not watch over my sin .
For
now thou numberest my
steps:
dost thou
not watch over my sin ?
Sealed up in a bag `is'
my
transgression
, And Thou sewest up mine iniquity.
My
transgression
is
sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
And yet,
a
falling mountain
wasteth
away
, And a
rock is removed from
its
place.
And surely
the
mountains
falling cometh
to
nought
, and the
rock is removed out
of
his
place.
Stones
have
waters worn
away,
Their
outpourings
wash
away the dust of earth ,
And the hope of man Thou
hast
destroyed
.
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.
Thou prevailest `over'
him
for ever, and he goeth,
He
is
changing
his countenance, And Thou
sendest him away.
Thou prevailest for ever against
him
, and he passeth:
thou
changest
his countenance, and sendest him away.
Honoured
are
his sons, and he knoweth not; And they are little
, and
he attendeth
not to
them.
His sons come
to
honour
, and he knoweth it
not; and they are brought
low
, but
he perceiveth
it
not of
them.
Only
--
his flesh for
him is
pained
, And his soul for
him doth
mourn. '
But
his flesh upon
him shall
have
pain
, and his soul within
him shall
mourn.
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