American Standard Version (ASV):
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;
King James Version (KJV):
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter [in] soul;
American Standard Version (ASV):
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;
King James Version (KJV):
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter [in] soul;
American Standard Version (ASV):
The small and the great are there: And the servant is free from his master.
King James Version (KJV):
The small and great are there; and the servant [is] free from his master.
American Standard Version (ASV):
There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
King James Version (KJV):
[There] the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
American Standard Version (ASV):
There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest.
King James Version (KJV):
There the wicked cease [from] troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.
King James Version (KJV):
Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants [which] never saw light.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Or with princes that had gold, Who filled their houses with silver:
King James Version (KJV):
Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
American Standard Version (ASV):
With kings and counsellors of the earth, Who built up waste places for themselves;
King James Version (KJV):
With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;
American Standard Version (ASV):
For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest,
King James Version (KJV):
For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
American Standard Version (ASV):
Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should suck?
King James Version (KJV):
Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
American Standard Version (ASV):
Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not give up the ghost when my mother bare me?
King James Version (KJV):
Why died I not from the womb? [why] did I [not] give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?