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.
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.
JPS: The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth; so Thou destroyest the hope of 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.
