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American Standard Version (ASV):
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, And are spent without hope.

King James Version (KJV):
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.

American Standard Version (ASV):
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; My skin closeth up, and breaketh out afresh.

King James Version (KJV):
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

American Standard Version (ASV):
When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? And I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

King James Version (KJV):
When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

American Standard Version (ASV):
So am I made to possess months of misery, And wearisome nights are appointed to me.

King James Version (KJV):
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

American Standard Version (ASV):
As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow, And as a hireling that looketh for his wages:

King James Version (KJV):
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for [the reward of] his work:

American Standard Version (ASV):
Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?

King James Version (KJV):
[Is there] not an appointed time to man upon earth? [are not] his days also like the days of an hireling?

American Standard Version (ASV):
Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things?

King James Version (KJV):
Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?

American Standard Version (ASV):
Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; Yea, return again, my cause is righteous.

King James Version (KJV):
Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness [is] in it.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; For surely I shall not lie to your face.

King James Version (KJV):
Now therefore be content, look upon me; for [it is] evident unto you if I lie.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Yea, ye would cast [lots] upon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.

King James Version (KJV):
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig [a pit] for your friend.