For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God take away life, but deviseth means, that he that is banished be not an outcast from him.

For death comes to us all, and we are like water drained out on the earth, which it is not possible to take up again; and God will not take away the life of the man whose purpose is that he who has been sent away may not be completely cut off from him.

Διοτι αφευκτως θελομεν αποθανει, και ειμεθα ως υδωρ διακεχυμενον επι της γης, το οποιον δεν επισυναγεται παλιν· και ο Θεος δεν θελει να απολεσθη ψυχη, αλλ' εφευρισκει μεσα, ωστε ο εξοριστος να μη μενη εξωσμενος απ' αυτου.

For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.