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King James Bible |
Youngs Literal Translation |
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| 14:1 | Man that is born of a woman is |
Man, born of woman! Of few days, and full of trouble! |
| 14:2 | He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. | As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not. |
| 14:3 | And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee? | Also -- on this Thou hast opened Thine eyes, And dost bring me into judgment with Thee. |
| 14:4 | Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. | Who giveth a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. |
| 14:5 | Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; | If determined are his days, The number of his months `are' with Thee, His limit Thou hast made, And he passeth not over; |
| 14:6 | Turn from him, that he may |
Look away from off him that he may cease, Till he enjoy as an hireling his day. |
| 14:7 | For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. | For there is of a tree hope, if it be cut down, That again it doth change, That its tender branch doth not cease. |
| 14:8 | Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; | If its root becometh old in the earth, And its stem doth die in the dust, |
| 14:9 | Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. | From the fragrance of water it doth flourish, And hath made a crop as a plant. |
| 14:10 | But man dieth, and |
And a man dieth, and becometh weak, And man expireth, and where `is' he? |
| 14:11 | As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: | Waters have gone away from a sea, And a river becometh waste and dry. |
| 14:12 | So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. | And man hath lain down, and riseth not, Till the wearing out of the heavens they awake not, Nor are roused from their sleep. |
| 14:13 | O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! | O that in Sheol Thou wouldst conceal me, Hide me till the turning of Thine anger, Set for me a limit, and remember me. |
| 14:14 | If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. | If a man dieth -- doth he revive? All days of my warfare I wait, till my change come. |
| 14:15 | Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands. | Thou dost call, and I -- I answer Thee; To the work of Thy hands Thou hast desire. |
| 14:16 | For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin? | But now, my steps Thou numberest, Thou dost not watch over my sin. |
| 14:17 | My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. | Sealed up in a bag `is' my transgression, And Thou sewest up mine iniquity. |
| 14:18 | And surely the mountain falling |
And yet, a falling mountain wasteth away, And a rock is removed from its place. |
| 14:19 | The waters wear the stones: thou |
Stones have waters worn away, Their outpourings wash away the dust of earth, And the hope of man Thou hast destroyed. |
| 14:20 | Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. | Thou prevailest `over' him for ever, and he goeth, He is changing his countenance, And Thou sendest him away. |
| 14:21 | His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them. | Honoured are his sons, and he knoweth not; And they are little, and he attendeth not to them. |
| 14:22 | But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn. | Only -- his flesh for him is pained, And his soul for him doth mourn.' |