| New King James Version | English Standard Version |
| 1“Man who is born of woman Is of few days and full of trouble. | 1“Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble. |
| 2He comes forth like a flower and fades away; He flees like a shadow and does not continue. | 2He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not. |
| 3And do You open Your eyes on such a one, And bring me to judgment with Yourself? | 3And do you open your eyes on such a one and bring me into judgment with you? |
| 4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one! | 4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? There is not one. |
| 5Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You; You have appointed his limits, so that he cannot pass. | 5Since his days are determined, and the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass, |
| 6Look away from him that he may rest, Till like a hired man he finishes his day. | 6look away from him and leave him alone, that he may enjoy, like a hired hand, his day. |
| 7“For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And that its tender shoots will not cease. | 7“For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease. |
| 8Though its root may grow old in the earth, And its stump may die in the ground, | 8Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stump die in the soil, |
| 9Yet at the scent of water it will bud And bring forth branches like a plant. | 9yet at the scent of water it will bud and put out branches like a young plant. |
| 10But man dies and is laid away; Indeed he breathes his last And where is he? | 10But a man dies and is laid low; man breathes his last, and where is he? |
| 11As water disappears from the sea, And a river becomes parched and dries up, | 11As waters fail from a lake and a river wastes away and dries up, |
| 12So man lies down and does not rise. Till the heavens are no more, They will not awake Nor be roused from their sleep. | 12so a man lies down and rises not again; till the heavens are no more he will not awake or be roused out of his sleep. |
| 13“Oh, that You would hide me in the grave, That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past, That You would appoint me a set time, and remember me! | 13Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would conceal me until your wrath be past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me! |
| 14If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, Till my change comes. | 14If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my service I would wait, till my renewal should come. |
| 15You shall call, and I will answer You; You shall desire the work of Your hands. | 15You would call, and I would answer you; you would long for the work of your hands. |
| 16For now You number my steps, But do not watch over my sin. | 16For then you would number my steps; you would not keep watch over my sin; |
| 17My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And You cover my iniquity. | 17my transgression would be sealed up in a bag, and you would cover over my iniquity. |
| 18“But as a mountain falls and crumbles away, And as a rock is moved from its place; | 18“But the mountain falls and crumbles away, and the rock is removed from its place; |
| 19As water wears away stones, And as torrents wash away the soil of the earth; So You destroy the hope of man. | 19the waters wear away the stones; the torrents wash away the soil of the earth; so you destroy the hope of man. |
| 20You prevail forever against him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away. | 20You prevail forever against him, and he passes; you change his countenance, and send him away. |
| 21His sons come to honor, and he does not know it; They are brought low, and he does not perceive it. | 21His sons come to honor, and he does not know it; they are brought low, and he perceives it not. |
| 22But his flesh will be in pain over it, And his soul will mourn over it.” | 22He feels only the pain of his own body, and he mourns only for himself.” |
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