American Standard Version (ASV):
If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister;
King James Version (KJV):
I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my father: to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister.
American Standard Version (ASV):
If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;
King James Version (KJV):
If I wait, the grave [is] mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
American Standard Version (ASV):
They change the night into day: The light, [say they], is near unto the darkness.
King James Version (KJV):
They change the night into day: the light [is] short because of darkness.
American Standard Version (ASV):
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.
King James Version (KJV):
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, [even] the thoughts of my heart.
American Standard Version (ASV):
But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you.
King James Version (KJV):
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find [one] wise [man] among you.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.
King James Version (KJV):
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
King James Version (KJV):
Upright [men] shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.
King James Version (KJV):
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members [are] as a shadow.
American Standard Version (ASV):
But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.
King James Version (KJV):
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
American Standard Version (ASV):
He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
King James Version (KJV):
He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.