He blossoms like a flower, then withers;(A)
he flees like a shadow and does not last.

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They spring up like flowers(A) and wither away;(B)
    like fleeting shadows,(C) they do not endure.(D)

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10 But a person dies and fades away;
he breathes his last—where is he?
11 As water disappears from a lake
and a river becomes parched and dry,
12 so people lie down never to rise again.
They will not wake up until the heavens are no more;(A)
they will not stir from their sleep.

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10 But a man dies and is laid low;(A)
    he breathes his last and is no more.(B)
11 As the water of a lake dries up
    or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,(C)
12 so he lies down and does not rise;(D)
    till the heavens are no more,(E) people will not awake
    or be roused from their sleep.(F)

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