| King James Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling? | 1“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those 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 he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits 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 futility, and nights of misery are appointed 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 think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until 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 encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering. |
| 6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. | 6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope. |
| 7O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good. | 7Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness. |
| 8The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. | 8The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more. |
| 9As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. | 9As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up. |
| 10He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. | 10He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more. |
| 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. | 11Therefore 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 the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard? |
| 13When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint; | 13When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint, |
| 14Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions: | 14then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions, |
| 15So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. | 15so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body. |
| 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 but a breath. |
| 17What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? | 17What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him, |
| 18And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment? | 18that You attend to 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? | 19Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle? |
| 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 have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am 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 soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.” |
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