Job 7:6–7
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My days come and go swifter than the click of knitting needles,
and then the yarn runs out—an unfinished life!
7–10“God, don’t forget that I’m only a puff of air!
These eyes have had their last look at goodness.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle
and come to their end without hope.
“Remember that my life is a breath;
my eye will never again see good.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
and they come to an end without hope.
Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath;
my eyes will never see happiness again.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
CSBChristian Standard Bible
My days pass more swiftly than a weaver’s shuttle;
they come to an end without hope.
Remember that my life is but a breath.
My eye will never again see anything good.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
“My days fly faster than a weaver’s shuttle.
They end without hope.
O God, remember that my life is but a breath,
and I will never again feel happiness.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
and they come to an end without hope.
Remember that my life is a breath;
my eye will not return to see good.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And are spent without hope.
O remember that my life is wind:
Mine eye shall no more see good.
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