| King James Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. | 1Human beings born by women are short-lived and full of trouble. |
| 2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. | 2He springs up like a flower and then withers. Like a shadow, he disappears and doesn't last. |
| 3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee? | 3Indeed, have you opened your eyes on one like this— to bring me into a legal fight with you? |
| 4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. | 4Who can produce a clean thing from an unclean thing? No one! |
| 5Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; | 5Since his days have been determined, the number of his months is known to you. You've set his limit and he cannot exceed it. |
| 6Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. | 6Look away from him and leave him alone, so he can enjoy his time, like a hired worker." |
| 7For 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. | 7"There is hope for the tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots won't stop growing. |
| 8Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; | 8Even if its roots have grown ancient in the earth, and its stump begins to rot in the ground, |
| 9Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. | 9the presence of water will make it to bud so that it sprouts new branches like a young plant. |
| 10But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? | 10"But when a person dies and wastes away, when a person breathes his last, where will he be? |
| 11As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: | 11As water disappears from the sea, or water evaporates from a river, |
| 12So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. | 12so also a person lies down and does not get up; they won't awaken until the heavens are no more, nor will they arise from their sleep." |
| 13O 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! | 13"Won't you keep me safe in the afterlife? Conceal me until your anger subsides. Set an appointment for me, then remember me. |
| 14If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. | 14If a human being dies, will he live again? I will endure the entire time of my assigned service, until I am changed. |
| 15Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands. | 15You'll call and I'll answer you; you'll long for your creatures that your hands have made. |
| 16For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin? | 16Then you'll certainly count every step I took, but you won't keep an inventory of my sin. |
| 17My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. | 17My transgressions would be sealed up in a bag; you would cover over my sins. |
| 18And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place. | 18"Mountains fall and crumble; rocks are dislodged from their places. |
| 19The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man. | 19Water wears away stones; floods wash away topsoil from the land— but you destroy the hope of human beings just like that! |
| 20Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. | 20You overpower him once and for all, and then he departs; you change his appearance and then send him away. |
| 21His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them. | 21"If his children are honored, he doesn't know it; if they become insignificant, he never perceives it. |
| 22But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn. | 22He feels only his own pain, and grieves only for himself." |
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