24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

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24 They are exalted a (A)little while, then they are gone;
Moreover, they are (B)brought low, and like everything they are gathered up;
Like the heads of grain they wither.
25 Now if it is not so, (C)who can prove me a liar,
And make my speech worthless?”

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24 Por algún tiempo son exaltados,
    pero luego dejan de existir;
son humillados y recogidos como hierba,[a]
    son cortados como espigas.

25 »¿Quién puede probar que es falso lo que digo
    y reducir mis palabras a la nada?».

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Footnotes

  1. 24:24 como hierba (LXX); como todo (TM).