He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.

For what {is} the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein {is} the breath of life, from under heaven; {and} every thing that {is} in the earth shall die.

And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.

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

And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, {and} be merry.

Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: {whose...: Heb. a flood was poured upon their foundation}

A foolish son {is} the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife {are} a continual dropping.

A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.