NIV: as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy a person's hope.
NAS: Water wears away stones, Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth; So You destroy man's hope.
KJV: The 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.
GWT: [so] water wears away stone, floods wash away soil from the land, and you destroy a mortal's hope.
ASV: The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.
BBE: The stones are crushed small by the force of the waters; the dust of the earth is washed away by their overflowing: and so you put an end to the hope of man.
DBY: The waters wear the stones, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
DRB: Waters wear away the stones, and with inundation the ground by little and little is washed away: so in like manner thou shalt destroy man.
WBS: The 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.
WEB: The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man.
YLT: Stones have waters worn away, Their outpourings wash away the dust of earth, And the hope of man Thou hast destroyed.
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