American Standard Version (ASV):
If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;
King James Version (KJV):
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
American Standard Version (ASV):
If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;
King James Version (KJV):
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
American Standard Version (ASV):
Now my days are swifter than a post: They flee away, they see no good,
King James Version (KJV):
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
American Standard Version (ASV):
They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.
King James Version (KJV):
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle [that] hasteth to the prey.
American Standard Version (ASV):
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my [sad] countenance, and be of good cheer;
King James Version (KJV):
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort [myself]:
American Standard Version (ASV):
It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
King James Version (KJV):
This [is] one [thing], therefore I said [it], He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
American Standard Version (ASV):
If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.
King James Version (KJV):
If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
American Standard Version (ASV):
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covereth the faces of the judges thereof: If [it be] not [he], who then is it?
King James Version (KJV):
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, [and] who [is] he?
American Standard Version (ASV):
If [we speak] of strength, lo, [he is] mighty! And if of justice, Who, [saith he], will summon me?
King James Version (KJV):
If [I speak] of strength, lo, [he is] strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time [to plead]?
American Standard Version (ASV):
Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.
King James Version (KJV):
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: [if I say], I [am] perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
American Standard Version (ASV):
I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life.
King James Version (KJV):
[Though] I [were] perfect, [yet] would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.