Third Millennium Bible TMB
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 "Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.
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"A person who is born of a woman is short-lived and is full of trouble.
2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
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He comes up like a flower; then he withers. He is like a fleeting shadow; he doesn't stay long.
3 And dost Thou open Thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with Thee?
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You observe this and call me to account to you.
4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one!
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"If only an unclean person could become clean! It's not possible.
5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with Thee; Thou hast appointed his bounds, that he cannot pass.
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If the number of his days and the number of his months are determined by you, and you set his limit, then he cannot go past it.
6 Turn from him, that he may rest, till, as a hireling, he shall accomplish his day.
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Look away from him, and he will cease to be. Meanwhile, he loves life as a laborer loves work.
7 For there is hope for 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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There is hope for a tree when it is cut down. It will sprout again. Its shoots will not stop sprouting.
8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground,
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If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,
9 yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant.
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merely a scent of water will make it sprout and grow branches like a plant.
10 But man dieth and wasteth away; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
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But a human dies and is powerless. A person breathes his last breath, and where is he?
11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up,
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[As] water drains out of a lake, or [as] a river dries up completely,
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.
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so each person lies down and does not rise until the heavens cease to exist. He does not wake up. He is not awakened from his sleep.
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!
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I wish you would hide me in Sheol and keep me hidden there until your anger cools. Set a specific time for me when you will remember me.
14 If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
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"If a person dies, will he go on living? I will wait for my relief to come as long as my hard labor continues.
15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer Thee; Thou wilt desire the work of Thine hands.
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You will call, and I will answer you. You will long for the person your hands have made.
16 For now Thou numberest my steps; dost Thou not watch over my sin?
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Though now you count my steps, you will not keep [a record of] my sins.
17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and Thou sewest up mine iniquity.
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My disobedience will be closed up in a bag, and you will cover over my sins.
18 And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
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As surely as a mountain falls and rocks are dislodged,
19 The waters wear away the stones; Thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth, and Thou destroyest the hope of man.
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[so] water wears away stone, floods wash away soil from the land, and you destroy a mortal's hope.
20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
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You overpower him forever, and he passes away. You change his appearance and send him away.
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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His sons are honored, and he doesn't know it. Or they become unimportant, and he doesn't realize it.
22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn."
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He feels only his body's pain. He is only worried about himself."
Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved.
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