| New King James Version | New International Version |
| 1“Man who is born of woman Is of few days and full of trouble. | 1"Mortals, born of woman, are of few days and full of trouble. |
| 2He comes forth like a flower and fades away; He flees like a shadow and does not continue. | 2They spring up like flowers and wither away; like fleeting shadows, they do not endure. |
| 3And do You open Your eyes on such a one, And bring me to judgment with Yourself? | 3Do you fix your eye on them? Will you bring them before you for judgment? |
| 4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one! | 4Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No one! |
| 5Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You; You have appointed his limits, so that he cannot pass. | 5A person's days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed. |
| 6Look away from him that he may rest, Till like a hired man he finishes his day. | 6So look away from him and let him alone, till he has put in his time like a hired laborer. |
| 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"At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail. |
| 8Though its root may grow old in the earth, And its stump may die in the ground, | 8Its roots may grow old in the ground 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 forth shoots like a 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; he breathes his last and is no more. |
| 11As water disappears from the sea, And a river becomes parched and dries up, | 11As the water of a lake dries up or a riverbed becomes parched and dry, |
| 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 he lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, people will not awake or be roused from their 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! | 13"If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If only you would set me a time and then 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 someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come. |
| 15You shall call, and I will answer You; You shall desire the work of Your hands. | 15You will call and I will answer you; you will long for the creature your hands have made. |
| 16For now You number my steps, But do not watch over my sin. | 16Surely then you will count my steps but not keep track of my sin. |
| 17My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And You cover my iniquity. | 17My offenses will be sealed up in a bag; you will cover over my sin. |
| 18“But as a mountain falls and crumbles away, And as a rock is moved from its place; | 18"But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and as a rock is moved 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. | 19as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy a person's hope. |
| 20You prevail forever against him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away. | 20You overpower them once for all, and they are gone; you change their countenance and send them away. |
| 21His sons come to honor, and he does not know it; They are brought low, and he does not perceive it. | 21If their children are honored, they do not know it; if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it. |
| 22But his flesh will be in pain over it, And his soul will mourn over it.” | 22They feel but the pain of their own bodies and mourn only for themselves." |
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