Verse
WEB
World English Bible
KJV
King James Version
"Isn't
a
man
forced
to labor
on
earth? Aren't
his days like the days of a
hired
hand
?
Is
there
not
an
appointed
time
to man
upon
earth? are
not
his days also
like the days of an
hireling
?
As a servant who
earnestly desires
the shadow, As a
hireling who
looks
for his wages,
As a servant earnestly desireth
the shadow, and
as an
hireling looketh
for the
reward
of
his work:
So am I made to possess months of misery
, Wearisome nights are appointed to me.
So am I made to possess months of vanity
, and
wearisome nights are appointed to me.
When I lie down, I say, '
When shall I arise, and the night be gone? '
I toss
and turn
until
the dawning of the day.
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.
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust .
My skin closes
up
, and breaks
out
afresh
.
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust ;
my skin is
broken
, and become
loathsome
.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, And are spent without hope.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
Oh
remember that my life is a
breath.
My
eye shall no more see good.
O
remember that my life is wind:
mine
eye shall no more see good.
The eye of him who
sees
me shall see me no more .
Your
eyes shall
be
on
me, but
I shall
not be
.
The eye of him that
hath
seen
me shall see me no more :
thine
eyes are
upon
me, and
I am
not.
As the cloud is consumed and vanishes
away ,
So he who
goes
down to Sheol
shall come up no more.
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth
away :
so he that
goeth
down to the
grave
shall come up no more.
He shall return no more to his house, Neither shall his place know him any more.
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
"
Therefore I will not keep
silent.
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit .
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
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.
Am I a sea, or a sea-monster
, That you
put
a guard
over me?
Am I a sea, or a whale
, that thou
settest
a watch
over me?
When I say, '
My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint
; '
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaints
;
Then you
scar
me with dreams, And terrify
me through visions:
Then thou
scarest
me with dreams, and terrifiest
me through visions:
So that my soul chooses
strangling, Death rather than my bones
.
So that my soul chooseth
strangling, and
death rather than my life
.
I loathe my
life.
I don't
want
to
live forever.
Leave
me alone; for my days are but
a
breath
.
I loathe it;
I would
not
live alway:
let
me alone; for my days are vanity
.
What is man, that you
should
magnify him ,
That you
should
set your
mind
on
him ,
What is man, that thou
shouldest
magnify him ?
and
that thou
shouldest
set thine
heart
upon
him ?
That you
should
visit him every morning, And test
him every moment?
And
that thou
shouldest
visit him every morning, and try
him every moment?
How long will
you
not look
away
from me, Nor leave
me alone until
I swallow down my spittle?
How long wilt
thou
not depart
from me, nor let
me alone till
I swallow down my spittle?
If
I have sinned ,
what do
I do to
you
, you
watcher
of men? Why have
you
set me as a mark for
you
, So that I am a burden to myself?
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?
Why do
you
not pardon my disobedience
, and take away my iniquity? For now shall I lie
down
in the dust .
You
will
seek me diligently
, but I shall not be. "
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.
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