Verse
KJV
King James Version
ASV
American Standard Version
My breath
is corrupt
, my days are extinct, the graves
are
ready for me.
My spirit
is consumed
, my days are extinct, The grave
is
`
ready '
for me.
Are
there not
mockers with me ?
and doth
not
mine eye continue
in
their provocation ?
Surely
there are
mockers with me ,
And mine eye dwelleth
upon
their provocation .
Lay
down
now ,
put
me
in
a surety with thee
; who is he
that will strike hands with me?
Give
now a pledge,
be
surety for
me
with thyself
; Who is there
that will strike hands with me?
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt `
them '
.
He that speaketh
flattery
to
his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
He that denounceth
his friends for
a
prey
, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
He hath made me also
a byword of the people; and aforetime
I
was
as
a
tabret
.
But
he hath made me a byword of the people; And they
spit
in
my
face
.
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.
Upright men shall be astonied
at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite
.
Upright men shall be astonished
at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless
.
The righteous also
shall
hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be
stronger and stronger.
Yet
shall
the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax
stronger and stronger.
But as for you all, do
ye
return,
and
come now :
for
I cannot
find one
wise man among you.
But as for you all, come on
now again;
And
I shall
not
find a
wise man among you.
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.
They change the night into day: the light is short
because
of
darkness.
They change the night into day: The light ,
`say
they',
is near
unto
the
darkness.
If I wait,
the
grave
is
mine
house :
I have made
my bed
in the darkness .
If I look
for
Sheol
as
my
house ;
If
I have spread
my couch
in the darkness ;
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father :
to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister .
If
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father ;
To the worm, `
Thou art '
my mother, and my sister ;
And
where is now
my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
Where then
is my hope? And
as for my hope, who shall see it?
They
shall go down to the bars of the
pit
, when our
rest
together
is in the dust.
It
shall go down to the bars of Sheol
, When once
there
is rest
in the dust.
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