Your sayings are as useless as ashes. The answers you give are as weak as clay.

你们以为可记念的箴言是炉灰的箴言；你们以为可靠的坚垒是淤泥的坚垒。

你们可记念的谚语是灰烬的箴言；你们的后盾是泥土的后盾。

你们可记念的谚语是灰烬的箴言；你们的后盾是泥土的后盾。

你们的名言是无用的灰尘，你们的雄辩是土筑的营垒。

你们背诵的格言都是炉灰的格言，你们的辩护都是泥土的辩护。

你們以為可記念的箴言是爐灰的箴言；你們以為可靠的堅壘是淤泥的堅壘。

你們可記念的諺語是灰燼的箴言；你們的後盾是泥土的後盾。

你們可記念的諺語是灰燼的箴言；你們的後盾是泥土的後盾。

你們的名言是無用的灰塵，你們的雄辯是土築的營壘。

你們背誦的格言都是爐灰的格言，你們的辯護都是泥土的辯護。

你們背誦的格言、是爐灰的箴言；你們的辯護點、是泥土的辯護點。

爾之格言、乃灰塵之格言、爾之保障、乃土壤之保障、

爾以為古訓、我比之塵沙、爾以為長城、我比之糞土。

爾所視為箴言、以為後人必記憶、實如飛灰然、爾之所辯、自以為確實、乃如塵土然、

Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.

Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.

Your platitudes are as valuable as ashes. Your defense is as fragile as a clay pot.

Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ash; your defenses are made of clay.

Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defenses are defenses of clay.

Your platitudes are proverbs of ashes, Your defenses are defenses of clay.

Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defences are defences of clay.

Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ash; your defenses are made of clay.

Your remembrances[ are] like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.

Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.

Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes. Your defenses are defenses of clay.

We know that the earthly tent we live in will be destroyed. But we have a building made by God. It is a house in heaven that lasts forever. Human hands did not build it.

Then the Lord said to Moses,“ This is something to be remembered. So write it on a scroll. Make sure Joshua knows you have done it. I will completely erase the memory of the Amalekites from the earth.”

So he’ll certainly find fault with human beings. After all, they are made out of dust. They can be crushed more easily than a moth.

Then Abraham spoke up again. He said,“ I have been very bold to speak to the Lord. After all, I’m only dust and ashes.

The names of those who do right are used in blessings. But the names of those who do wrong will rot.

But the Lord doesn’t look with favor on those who do evil. He removes all memory of them from the earth.

May the Lord never forget their sins. Then he won’t let people remember the names of my enemies anymore.

Then the Lord God formed a man. He made him out of the dust of the ground. God breathed the breath of life into him. And the man became a living person.

Those other masters are now dead. They will never live again. Their spirits won’t rise from the dead. You punished them and destroyed them. You wiped out all memory of them.

But Lord, you are seated on your throne forever. Your fame will continue for all time to come.

No one on earth remembers them. Their names are forgotten in the land.