¹Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.

¹Čovjek koga je žena rodila kratka je vijeka i pun nevolja.

²He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

²K'o cvijet je nikao i vene već, poput sjene bježi ne zastajuć'.

³And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

³Na takva, zar, ti oči otvaraš i preda se na sud ga izvodiš?

⁴Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

⁴Tko će čisto izvuć' iz nečista? Nitko!

⁵Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

⁵Pa kad su njegovi dani odbrojeni, kad mu broj mjeseci o tebi ovisi, kad mu granicu stavljaš neprijelaznu,

⁶Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

⁶skini s njega pogled da počinut' može, poput najamnika da svoj dan uživa.

⁷For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

⁷TÓa ni drvu nije nada sva propala, posječeno, ono opet prozeleni i mladice nove iz njega izbiju.

⁸Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

⁸Ako mu korijen i ostari u zemlji, ako mu se panj i sasuši u prahu,

⁹Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

⁹oćutjevši vodu, ono će propupat' i pustiti grane kao stablo novo.

¹⁰But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

¹⁰Al' kad čovjek umre, ostaje pokošen, kad smrtnik izdahne, gdje li je on tada?

¹¹As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

¹¹Može sva voda iz mora ispariti i presahnut' rijeke, isušit posvema',

¹²So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

¹²al' čovjek kad legne, ne ustaje više, dok nebesa bude, neće se podići, od sna se svojega probuditi neće.

¹³O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

¹³O, kad bi me htio skriti u Šeolu, zakloniti me dok srdžba ti ne mine, dÓati mi rok kad ćeš me se spomenuti,

¹⁴If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

¹⁴- jer, kad umre čovjek, zar uskrsnut' može? - čekao bih te sve dane vojske svoje dok ne bi došao da mi smjenu dadeš.

¹⁵Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

¹⁵Zvao bi me, a ja bih se odazvao: zaželio si se djela svojih ruku.

¹⁶For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

¹⁶A sad nad svakim mojim vrebaš korakom, nijednog mi grijeha nećeš oprostiti,

¹⁷My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.

¹⁷u vreći si prijestup moj zapečatio i krivicu moju svu si zapisao.

¹⁸And surely the mountains falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.

¹⁸Vaj! K'o što se jednom uruši planina, k'o što se hridina s mjesta svog odvali,

¹⁹The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

¹⁹k'o što voda kamen s vremenom istroši, a pljusak bujicom zemlju svu sapere, tako uništavaš nadu u čovjeku.

²⁰Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

²⁰Oborio si ga - on ode za svagda, nagrđena lica, otjeran, odbačen.

²¹His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

²¹Djecu mu poštuju - o tom ništa ne zna; ako su prezrena - o tom ne razmišlja.

²²But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

²²On jedino pati zbog svojega tijela, on jedino tuži zbog svojeg života."