H4325 The waters H7833 wear [H8804] H68 the stones H7857 : thou washest away [H8799] H5599 the things which grow H6083 out of the dust H776 of the earth H6 ; and thou destroyest [H8689] H8615 the hope H582 of man.
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.
As waters wear away the stones and as floods wash away the soil of the earth, so You [O Lord] destroy the hope of man.
The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.
Water wears away boulders; floods carry away soil; you destroy a people’s hope.
Waters wear away stones, and with a flood the land is reduced little by little; and similarly, you will destroy man.