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1 Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble.
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1 "Man born of woman is of few days and full of trouble.
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2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
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2 He springs up like a flower and withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
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3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?
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3 Do you fix your eye on such a one? Will you bring him before you for judgment?
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4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
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4 Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No one!
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5 Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
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5 Man's days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.
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6 Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
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6 So look away from him and let him alone, till he has put in his time like a hired man.
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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.
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7 "At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.
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8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground;
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8 Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil,
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9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant.
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9 yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth shoots like a plant.
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10 But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
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10 But man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last and is no more.
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11 [As] the waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up;
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11 As water disappears from the sea or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,
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12 So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.
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12 so man lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, men will not awake or be roused from their sleep.
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13 Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
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13 "If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If only you would set me a time and then remember me!
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14 If a man die, shall he live [again]? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Till my release should come.
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14 If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come.
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15 Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee: Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands.
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15 You will call and I will answer you; you will long for the creature your hands have made.
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16 But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin?
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16 Surely then you will count my steps but not keep track of my sin.
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17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And thou fastenest up mine iniquity.
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17 My offenses will be sealed up in a bag; you will cover over my sin.
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18 But the mountain falling cometh to nought; And the rock is removed out of its place;
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18 "But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and as a rock is moved from its place,
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19 The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.
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19 as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy man's hope.
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20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
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20 You overpower him once for all, and he is gone; you change his countenance and send him away.
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21 His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
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21 If his sons are honored, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he does not see it.
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22 But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth.
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22 He feels but the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself."
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