American Standard Version (ASV):
Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
King James Version (KJV):
Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
American Standard Version (ASV):
Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
King James Version (KJV):
[Are] not my days few? cease [then, and] let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
American Standard Version (ASV):
Before I go whence I shall not return, [Even] to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
King James Version (KJV):
Before I go [whence] I shall not return, [even] to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
American Standard Version (ASV):
The land dark as midnight, [The land] of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.
King James Version (KJV):
A land of darkness, as darkness [itself; and] of the shadow of death, without any order, and [where] the light [is] as darkness.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, And increasest thine indignation upon me: Changes and warfare are with me.
King James Version (KJV):
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war [are] against me.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me.
King James Version (KJV):
Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
American Standard Version (ASV):
I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
King James Version (KJV):
I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
American Standard Version (ASV):
If I sin, then thou markest me, And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
King James Version (KJV):
If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
American Standard Version (ASV):
If I be wicked, woe unto me; And if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head; Being filled with ignominy, And looking upon mine affliction.
King James Version (KJV):
If I be wicked, woe unto me; and [if] I be righteous, [yet] will I not lift up my head. [I am] full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
American Standard Version (ASV):
And if [my head] exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion; And again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me.
King James Version (KJV):
For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.