how much less will he trust people made of clay! They are made of dust, crushed as easily as a moth.

何况那住在土房、根基在尘土里、被蠹虫所毁坏的人呢？

何况那些住在泥屋、根基在尘土里、被蛀虫所毁坏的人呢？

何况那些住在泥屋、根基在尘土里、被蛀虫所毁坏的人呢？

更何况源自尘土、住在土造的躯壳里、脆弱如蛾的世人呢？

何况那些住在土屋里，根基在尘土中，比蠹虫还容易被压碎的人呢？

何況那住在土房、根基在塵土裏、被蠹蟲所毀壞的人呢？

何況那些住在泥屋、根基在塵土裏、被蛀蟲所毀壞的人呢？

何況那些住在泥屋、根基在塵土裏、被蛀蟲所毀壞的人呢？

更何況源自塵土、住在土造的軀殼裡、脆弱如蛾的世人呢？

何況那些住在土屋裡，根基在塵土中，比蠹蟲還容易被壓碎的人呢？

何況那住在土房、根基在塵世裏、比蛀蟲易被壓碎的人呢？

況居土舍、基塵埃、為蠹所敗者乎、

況居下土、置基塵凡、蠹得而壞之者乎。

況居於土舍、其基塵埃、為蟲所蝕者乎、

how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who are crushed more readily than a moth!

So he’ll certainly find fault with human beings. After all, they are made out of dust. They can be crushed more easily than a moth.

how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like the moth.

how much more those who dwell in clay houses, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth!

How much more those who live in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!

How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before a moth?

How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!

how much more those who dwell in clay houses, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth!

How much less[ in] them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation[ is] in the dust,[ which] are crushed before the moth?

how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth?

How much more, those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!

Remember that you made me from dust— will you turn me back to dust so soon?

Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living person.

By the sweat of your brow will you have food to eat until you return to the ground from which you were made. For you were made from dust, and to dust you will return.”

Look, you and I both belong to God. I, too, was formed from clay.

Then Abraham spoke again.“ Since I have begun, let me speak further to my Lord, even though I am but dust and ashes.

I waste away like rotting wood, like a moth eaten coat.

For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down( that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands.

Your platitudes are as valuable as ashes. Your defense is as fragile as a clay pot.

We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.

You sweep people away like dreams that disappear. They are like grass that springs up in the morning.In the morning it blooms and flourishes, but by evening it is dry and withered.We wither beneath your anger; we are overwhelmed by your fury.

When you discipline us for our sins, you consume like a moth what is precious to us. Each of us is but a breath. Interlude

They were snatched away in the prime of life, the foundations of their lives washed away.

Our days on earth are like grass; like wildflowers, we bloom and die.The wind blows, and we are gone— as though we had never been here.

As the Scriptures say,“ People are like grass; their beauty is like a flower in the field. The grass withers and the flower fades.

For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

When they breathe their last, they return to the earth, and all their plans die with them.

We blossom like a flower and then wither. Like a passing shadow, we quickly disappear.