1 ¶ Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. See also: Job 5:7 Job 25:4 Ecclesiastes 2:23 Job 7:1 Matthew 11:11
2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. See also: Isaiah 40:6-8 1 Peter 1:24 Job 8:9 Psalms 103:15-16 1 Chronicles 29:15
3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee? See also: Psalms 144:3 Psalms 143:2 Psalms 8:4 Job 7:17-18 Job 9:19-20
4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. See also: John 3:6 Job 15:14 Romans 8:8-9 Ephesians 2:3 Job 25:4-6
5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; See also: Psalms 39:4 Acts 17:26 Job 12:10 Hebrews 9:27 Psalms 104:29
6 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. See also: Job 7:19 Psalms 39:13 Job 7:1-2 Job 10:20 Job 7:16
7 ¶ For 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. See also: Isaiah 27:6 Isaiah 11:1 Job 14:14 Daniel 4:23-25 Job 19:10
8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; See also: 1 Corinthians 15:36 Isaiah 26:19 John 12:24
9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. See also: Romans 11:17-24 Ezekiel 17:3-10 Ezekiel 17:22-24 Ezekiel 19:10
10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? See also: Job 19:26 Genesis 49:33 Job 7:7-10 Proverbs 14:32 Job 11:20
11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: See also: Isaiah 19:5 Job 6:15-18 Jeremiah 15:18
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. See also: Job 10:21-22 Job 3:13 Ecclesiastes 3:19-21 Isaiah 26:19 2 Peter 3:10-13
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! See also: Isaiah 26:20-21 Isaiah 57:1-2 Mark 13:32 Genesis 8:1 Job 3:17-19
14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. See also: 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 Job 7:1 Psalms 27:14 Acts 26:8 Job 13:15
15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands. See also: Job 13:22 Psalms 138:8 Job 7:21 Job 10:3 Job 10:8
16 ¶ For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin? See also: Job 10:6 Job 31:4 Job 34:21 Psalms 139:1-4 Proverbs 5:21
17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. See also: Deuteronomy 32:34 Hosea 13:12 Job 21:19
18 And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place. See also: Revelation 6:14 Job 18:4 Jeremiah 4:24 Psalms 102:25-26 Isaiah 40:12
19 The 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. See also: Job 7:6 Job 19:10 Job 27:8 Genesis 6:17 Genesis 7:21-23
20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. See also: Job 2:12 Job 14:14 Ecclesiastes 8:8 Lamentations 4:8
21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them. See also: Ecclesiastes 9:5 Ecclesiastes 2:18-19 Isaiah 63:16 1 Samuel 4:20 Psalms 39:6
22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn. See also: Job 19:26 Job 19:20 Job 19:22 Job 33:19-21 Proverbs 14:32