The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. {a green...: or, a green tree that groweth in his own soil}

Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. {up: Heb. upon}

{We are} troubled on every side, yet not distressed; {we are} perplexed, but not in despair; {in despair: or, altogether without help, or, means}

The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

What {is} my strength, that I should hope? and what {is} mine end, that I should prolong my life?

So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

My days {are} like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

So {are} the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:

And where {is} now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

And there was a day when his sons and his daughters {were} eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:

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

My days are past, my purposes are broken off, {even} the thoughts of my heart. {the thoughts: Heb. the possessions}

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.

Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. {up: Heb. upon}

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. {washest...: Heb. overflowest}

And where {is} now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that {were} therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.