Verse
KJV
King James Version
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Is there not an
appointed
time
to man upon
earth? are
not
his
days
also
like
the days of an hireling?
Is there not a
warfare
to man on
earth? And
as
the days of an hireling his
days
?
As a servant earnestly
desireth the shadow, and as an
hireling looketh
for
the
reward
of
his work:
As a servant desireth the shadow, And as a
hireling expecteth
his wage,
So am
I made
to possess
months of vanity, and wearisome
nights are
appointed
to me.
So I have
been
caused
to inherit
months of vanity, And nights of
misery
they
numbered
to me.
When
I lie
down ,
I say
, When shall
I arise,
and the
night
be
gone?
and I am
full of tossings to
and
fro
unto
the
dawning
of
the
day
.
If
I lay
down then
I said
, `
When do
I rise!'
And evening
hath
been
measured,
And I have
been
full of tossings till
dawn
.
My flesh is
clothed
with worms and clods
of dust ;
my skin is
broken,
and become
loathsome .
Clothed
hath
been
my flesh `
with '
worms ,
And a
clod
of dust ,
My skin hath
been
shrivelled
and is
loathsome ,
My days are
swifter than a weaver's
shuttle
, and are spent
without hope.
My days swifter than a weaving
machine
, And they
are consumed
without hope.
O
remember that my life is wind:
mine eye shall
no
more
see good.
Remember Thou
that my life `
is '
a
breath,
Mine eye turneth
not
back
to
see good.
The eye of him
that
hath
seen
me
shall
see
me no
more:
thine eyes are upon me ,
and I am not.
The eye of my
beholder
beholdeth
me not.
Thine eyes `
are '
upon me --
and I am not.
As
the
cloud
is
consumed and vanisheth
away:
so he that
goeth
down to the
grave
shall
come
up no
more
.
Consumed hath
been
a
cloud,
and it
goeth,
So he who
is
going
down to Sheol
cometh
not
up.
He shall
return
no
more
to his house, neither
shall
his place know
him any
more
.
He turneth
not
again
to his house, Nor
doth
his place discern
him again
.
Therefore
I will
not refrain
my mouth ;
I will
speak in the anguish
of my spirit ;
I will
complain
in the bitterness of my soul.
Also
I --
I
withhold
not my mouth --
I speak in the distress
of my spirit ,
I talk
in the bitterness of my soul.
Am
I
a sea, or a whale
, that thou settest a
watch
over me?
A sea -`monster'
am
I
, or a dragon
, That thou settest over me a
guard
?
When I say
, My bed shall
comfort me, my couch
shall
ease
my complaints;
When I said
, `
My bed doth
comfort me, '
He
taketh
away
in
my talking
my couch.
Then
thou scarest
me with dreams, and terrifiest me through
visions:
And
thou hast
affrighted
me with dreams, And from
visions
thou
terrifiest me ,
So
that
my soul chooseth strangling, and
death rather than my life
.
And
my soul chooseth strangling, Death rather than my bones
.
I loathe
it;
I
would
not live alway:
let
me alone;
for my days are vanity.
I have
wasted
away
--
not to
the
age
do
I
live .
Cease
from
me ,
for my days `
are '
vanity.
What is man ,
that thou shouldest
magnify him? and that thou shouldest
set
thine
heart
upon
him?
What `
is '
man that Thou dost
magnify him? And that Thou settest
unto
him Thy
heart
?
And that
thou
shouldest
visit
him every
morning
, and
try him every
moment
?
And inspectest
him in
the
mornings
, In
the
evenings
dost
try him?
How long wilt
thou not depart
from me ,
nor
let
me
alone
till I swallow down
my spittle ?
How long dost
Thou not look
from me ?
Thou
dost
not
desist
till I swallow my spittle .
I have sinned ;
what shall
I
do unto
thee, O thou
preserver
of men
? why hast thou set me as
a mark against
thee, so
that
I am a burden to myself?
I have sinned ,
what do I
to
Thee, O watcher
of man
? Why hast Thou set me for
a mark to
Thee, And
I am for
a burden to myself --
and
what
?
And
why
dost
thou not pardon
my transgression, and take
away my
iniquity ?
for
now shall
I
sleep
in
the
dust ;
and thou shalt
seek
me in
the
morning,
but
I shall
not be.
Thou dost
not take
away
my transgression, And cause
to
pass
away mine
iniquity ,
Because
now ,
for
dust I
lie
down:
And Thou hast
sought
me --
and
I am
not !
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