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