The Bible in Basic English BBE
Orthodox Jewish Bible OJB
1 As for man, the son of woman, his days are short and full of trouble.
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4 Adam that is born of isha is of few yamim and full of rogez (unrest).
2 He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.
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He cometh forth like a tzitz (flower), and is cut down; he fleeth also as a tzel, and continueth not.
3 Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?
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And doth Thou open Thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into mishpat with Thee?
4 If only a clean thing might come out of an unclean! But it is not possible.
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Who can bring a tahor (clean thing) out of a tameh (an unclean, cf Ro 5:12)? Loh echad (No one).
5 If his days are ordered, and you have knowledge of the number of his months, having given him a fixed limit past which he may not go;
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Seeing his yamim are determined, the number of his chodashim (months) are with Thee, Thou hast appointed his limits that he cannot exceed.
6 Let your eyes be turned away from him, and take your hand from him, so that he may have pleasure at the end of his day, like a servant working for payment.
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Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a sachir (a hired man), his day.
7 For there is hope of a tree; if it is cut down, it will come to life again, and its branches will not come to an end.
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For there is tikveh of an etz, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
8 Though its root may be old in the earth, and its cut-off end may be dead in the dust;
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Though the shoresh (root) thereof grow old in ha’aretz, and the stump thereof die in the aphar (dust),
9 Still, at the smell of water, it will make buds, and put out branches like a young plant.
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Yet through the scent of mayim it will bud, and bring forth branches like a young plant.
10 But man comes to his death and is gone: he gives up his spirit, and where is he?
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But gever dieth, and wasteth away; yea, adam breathes his last, and where is he?
11 The waters go from a pool, and a river becomes waste and dry;
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As the mayim flow away from the yam, and the nahar (stream) becomes parched and drieth up,
12 So man goes down to his last resting-place and comes not again: till the heavens come to an end, they will not be awake or come out of their sleep.
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So ish lieth down, and riseth not, till Shomayim be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
13 If only you would keep me safe in the underworld, putting me in a secret place till your wrath is past, giving me a fixed time when I might come to your memory again!
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O that Thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that Thou wouldest conceal me until Thy wrath has passed, that Thou wouldest appoint me a chok (set time), and remember me!
14 If death takes a man, will he come to life again? All the days of my trouble I would be waiting, till the time came for me to be free.
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If a gever die, shall he live again? All the days of my tzava (hard army service) will I wait, till my chalifah (changing, renewal) come.
15 At the sound of your voice I would give an answer, and you would have a desire for the work of your hands.
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Thou shalt call, and I will answer Thee; Thou wilt have a desire for the ma’aseh (work) of Thine hands.
16 For now my steps are numbered by you, and my sin is not overlooked.
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For now Thou countest my steps. Dost Thou not watch over my chattat?
17 My wrongdoing is corded up in a bag, and my sin is shut up safe.
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My peysha is sealed up in a bag, and Thou would cover over mine avon.
18 But truly a mountain falling comes to dust, and a rock is moved from its place;
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And surely the har (mountain) falling crumbles, and the tzur (rock) is moved out of its place.
19 The stones are crushed small by the force of the waters; the dust of the earth is washed away by their overflowing: and so you put an end to the hope of man.
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The mayim wear away the avanim; Thou washest away the things which grow out of the aphar aretz; and Thou destroyest the tikvat enosh.
20 You overcome him for ever, and he is gone; his face is changed in death, and you send him away.
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Thou prevailest lanetzach (forever) against him, and he passeth away; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
21 His sons come to honour, and he has no knowledge of it; they are made low, but he is not conscious of it.
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His banim come to honor, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
22 Only his flesh still has pain, and his soul is sad.
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Only his basar shall have pain upon him, and his nefesh within him shall mourn.
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