The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.

水流消磨石头，所流溢的洗去地上的尘土；你也照样灭绝人的指望。

流水冲蚀石头，急流洗去地上的尘土；你也照样灭绝人的指望。

流水冲蚀石头，急流洗去地上的尘土；你也照样灭绝人的指望。

流水磨损石头，急流冲走泥土；你也这样粉碎人的希望。

流水磨蚀石头，水的泛溢冲去地上的尘土，你也这样灭绝人的指望。

水流消磨石頭，所流溢的洗去地上的塵土；你也照樣滅絕人的指望。

流水沖蝕石頭，急流洗去地上的塵土；你也照樣滅絕人的指望。

流水沖蝕石頭，急流洗去地上的塵土；你也照樣滅絕人的指望。

流水磨損石頭，急流沖走泥土；你也這樣粉碎人的希望。

流水磨蝕石頭，水的氾溢沖去地上的塵土，你也這樣滅絕人的指望。

流水消磨石頭；所瀉出的洗掃地上的塵土；人所指望的你也這樣毁滅。

水流剝石、浪湧衝沙、爾絕人之望、亦若是、

霤穿石則漸靡、浪淘沙則不見、人而絕望亦若是。

水流消石、浪淘沖沙、主使人絕望亦如此、

as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy a person’s hope.

Water wears away stones. Storms wash away soil. In the same way, you destroy a person’s hope.

the waters wear away the stones; the torrents wash away the soil of the earth; so you destroy the hope of man.

as water wears away the stones and floods wash away the soil, so you destroy people’s hope.

as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil from the land, so you destroy a man’s hope.

Water wears away stones, Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth; So You destroy a man’s hope.

As water wears away stones, And as torrents wash away the soil of the earth; So You destroy the hope of man.

as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil from the land, so You destroy a man’s hope.

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.

as water wears away stones, and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy man’s hope.

The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man.

My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, And are spent without hope.

He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; And my hope hath he plucked up like a tree.

And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both birds, and cattle, and beasts, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.And every living thing was destroyed that was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only was left, and they that were with him in the ark.

And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon this earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is in the earth shall die.

Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.

For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?

As for me, I said in my prosperity, I shall never be moved.Thou, Jehovah, of thy favor hadst made my mountain to stand strong: Thou didst hide thy face; I was troubled.

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?