Verse
KJV
King James Version
ASV
American Standard Version
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would
have
disdained to have
set with the dogs of my flock.
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
Yea, whereto
might
the strength of their hands profit me ,
in whom old
age was
perished ?
Yea, the strength of their hands ,
whereto
should
it
profit me ?
Men
in whom ripe
age is
perished .
For
want and famine they
were
solitary
; fleeing
into
the wilderness
in former
time
desolate
and waste
.
They
are
gaunt
with
want and famine; They
gnaw
the dry
ground,
in the
gloom
of
wasteness
and desolation
.
Who
cut
up
mallows
by the bushes ,
and juniper
roots for
their meat
.
They
pluck
salt-wort
by the bushes ;
And the
roots of
the
broom
are
their food
.
They were
driven forth from among
men ,
(
they cried
after them as after a thief; )
They are
driven forth from the
midst
`of
men ';
They cry
after them as after a thief;
To
dwell in the
cliffs
of
the
valleys, in caves
of the earth ,
and in
the rocks.
So
that
they
dwell in frightful
valleys, In holes
of the earth and of
the rocks.
Among the bushes they brayed
; under the nettles they were
gathered together.
Among the bushes they bray
; Under the nettles they are
gathered together.
They were
children of fools, yea, children of base men :
they were viler
than
the earth
.
`
They are'
children of fools, yea, children of base men ;
They were scourged
out
of
the land
.
And now am
I their song, yea, I am their
byword.
And now I am
become
their song, Yea, I am a
byword unto
them
.
They abhor me, they flee
far
from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
They abhor me, they stand
aloof
from me, And spare not to spit in my face.
Because
he hath loosed my
cord, and afflicted me ,
they have also
let
loose
the bridle before me.
For
he hath loosed his
cord, and afflicted me ;
And
they have cast
off
the bridle before me.
Upon my right hand rise the youth
; they push
away
my feet, and they raise
up against me the
ways of their
destruction.
Upon my right hand rise the rabble
; They thrust
aside
my feet, And they cast
up against me their
ways of destruction.
They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they
have no helper.
They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, `Even'
men
that
have no helper.
They
came
upon
me
as a wide breaking
in
of
waters
: in the desolation
they rolled
themselves upon me.
As through
a wide breach
they
come
: In the midst
of
the
ruin
they roll
themselves `
upon me '
.
Terrors are turned upon me :
they pursue
my
soul
as the wind :
and my welfare passeth
away as a cloud.
Terrors are turned upon me ;
They chase
mine
honor
as the wind ;
And my welfare is
passed
away as a cloud.
And now my soul is poured out upon
me; the
days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
And now my soul is poured out within
me; Days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
My bones are pierced in me in
the
night
season:
and my
sinews
take no rest.
In
the
night
season
my bones are pierced in me ,
And the
`pains'
that
gnaw
me
take no rest.
By the
great force of
my
disease
is my garment changed:
it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
By `God's'
great force is my garment disfigured;
It bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear
me: I stand up, and thou regardest
me not
.
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer
me: I stand up, and thou gazest
at
me.
Thou art become
cruel to me :
with thy strong
hand thou opposest
thyself
against
me.
Thou art turned
to
be
cruel to me ;
With the
might
of
thy hand thou persecutest
me.
Thou liftest me up to the wind ;
thou causest me to ride upon it ,
and dissolvest my
substance
.
Thou liftest me up to the wind ,
thou causest me to ride `
upon it ';
And thou
dissolvest me
in
the
storm
.
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living.
Howbeit he
will
not stretch out his
hand
to
the grave,
though
they
cry
in his destruction.
Howbeit doth
not one
stretch out the hand
in his fall?
Or
in
his
calamity
therefore
cry
for
help?
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor
?
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy
?
When I looked for good, then evil came unto
me:
and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
When I looked for good, then evil came ;
And when I waited for light, there came darkness.
My bowels
boiled
, and rested
not :
the
days of affliction prevented
me.
My heart
is
troubled
, and resteth
not ;
Days of affliction are
come
upon
me.
I went
mourning without the sun: I stood
up ,
and
I
cried
in the congregation
.
I go
mourning without the sun: I stand
up in the assembly,
and
cry
for
help
.
I am a brother to dragons
, and a companion to owls
.
I am a brother to jackals
, And a companion to ostriches
.
My skin is black upon
me, and my bones are burned with heat.
My skin is black ,
`and
falleth'
from
me, And my bones are burned with heat.
My harp also
is
turned to mourning, and my organ
into the voice of them that weep.
Therefore
is
my harp `
turned '
to mourning, And my pipe
into the voice of them that weep.
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