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Psalms 39:5

Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

KJV

Beatus vir cujus est nomen Domini spes ejus, et non respexit in vanitates et insanias falsas.

Vulgate

μακάριος ἀνὴρ οὗ ἐστιν τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου ἐλπὶς αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἐνέβλεψεν εἰς ματαιότητας καὶ μανίας ψευδεῖς.

LXX

Behold, thou hast made my daysas handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. [Selah

ASV

הוֹדִ֘יעֵ֤/נִי יְהוָ֨ה קִצִּ֗/י וּ/מִדַּ֣ת יָמַ֣/י מַה הִ֑יא אֵ֝דְעָ֗ה מֶה חָדֵ֥ל אָֽנִי

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
חָדֵ֣ל
chdl
adjective · 3×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
מִדָּ֣ה
mdh
noun · 55×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
קֵּ֖ץ
qts
noun · 66×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Pet 3:8 — But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
  • Eccl 1:2 — Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
  • Eccl 1:2 — Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
  • Eccl 1:14 — I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
  • Eccl 2:11 — Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
  • Eccl 3:19 — For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a
  • Eccl 6:12 — For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
  • Eccl 9:9 — Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in th
  • Eccl 11:10 — Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
  • Gen 47:9 — And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the
  • Gen 47:9 — And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the
  • Isa 40:17 — All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
  • Jas 4:14 — Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
  • Jas 4:14 — Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
  • Job 4:21 — Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
  • Job 6:11 — What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
  • Job 7:6 — My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
  • Job 8:9 — (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
  • Job 9:25 — Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
  • Job 14:1 — Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
  • Job 14:1 — Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
  • Matt 6:27 — Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
  • Ps 39:11 — When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
  • Ps 49:12 — Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
  • Ps 62:9 — Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
  • Ps 62:9 — Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
  • Ps 89:47 — Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
  • Ps 90:4 — For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
  • Ps 90:4 — For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
  • Ps 90:9 — For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
  • Ps 90:9 — For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
  • Ps 127:2 — It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
  • Ps 144:4 — Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
  • Ps 144:4 — Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.