| King James Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling? | 1“Has not man a hard service on earth, and are not his days like the days of a hired hand? |
| 2As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: | 2Like a slave who longs for the shadow, and like a hired hand who looks for his wages, |
| 3So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. | 3so I am allotted months of emptiness, and nights of misery are apportioned to me. |
| 4When 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. | 4When I lie down I say, ‘When shall I arise?’ But the night is long, and I am full of tossing till the dawn. |
| 5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome. | 5My flesh is clothed with worms and dirt; my skin hardens, then breaks out afresh. |
| 6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. | 6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle and come to their end without hope. |
| 7O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good. | 7“Remember that my life is a breath; my eye will never again see good. |
| 8The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. | 8The eye of him who sees me will behold me no more; while your eyes are on me, I shall be gone. |
| 9As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. | 9As the cloud fades and vanishes, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come up; |
| 10He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. | 10he returns no more to his house, nor does his place know him anymore. |
| 11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. | 11“Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. |
| 12Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? | 12Am I the sea, or a sea monster, that you set a guard over me? |
| 13When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint; | 13When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,’ |
| 14Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions: | 14then you scare me with dreams and terrify me with visions, |
| 15So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. | 15so that I would choose strangling and death rather than my bones. |
| 16I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity. | 16I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are a breath. |
| 17What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? | 17What is man, that you make so much of him, and that you set your heart on him, |
| 18And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment? | 18visit him every morning and test him every moment? |
| 19How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? | 19How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone till I swallow my spit? |
| 20I 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? | 20If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of mankind? Why have you made me your mark? Why have I become a burden to you? |
| 21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be. | 21Why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lie in the earth; you will seek me, but I shall not be.” |
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