Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
his days are like a passing shadow.
New American Standard Bible
His
King James Version
Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
International Standard Version
The human person is a mere empty breath; his days are like a fading shadow.
A Conservative Version
Man is like vanity. His days are as a shadow that passes away.
American Standard Version
Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away.
Amplified
Man is like a mere breath;
His days are like a shadow that passes away.
Darby Translation
Man is like to vanity; his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
Julia Smith Translation
Man was likened to vanity: his days as a shadow passing away.
King James 2000
Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passes away.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Humankind is like a breath, his days like a passing shadow.
Modern King James verseion
Man is like vanity; his days are like a shadow that passes away.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Man is like a thing of naught; his time passeth away like a shadow.
NET Bible
People are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears.
New Heart English Bible
Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away.
The Emphasized Bible
The earthborn, resembleth, a vapour, his days, are like a passing shadow.
Webster
Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
World English Bible
Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away.
Youngs Literal Translation
Man to vanity hath been like, His days are as a shadow passing by.
Themes
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 144:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
A King's Prayer
3
the son of man, that You think of him?
his days are like a passing shadow.
Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
Cross References
Psalm 102:11
and I wither away like grass.
Job 8:9
Our days on earth are but a shadow.
Psalm 109:23
I am shaken off like a locust.
2 Samuel 14:14
We will certainly die
1 Chronicles 29:15
For we live before You as foreigners and temporary residents in Your presence as were all our ancestors.
Job 4:19
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like a moth!
Job 14:1-3
is short of days and full of trouble.
Psalm 39:5-6
and my life span as nothing in Your sight.
Yes, every mortal man is only a vapor.
Psalm 39:11
consuming like a moth what is precious to him;
every man is only a vapor.
Psalm 62:9
exalted men, an illusion.
Weighed in the scales, they go up;
together they are less than a vapor.
Psalm 89:47
Have You created everyone for nothing?
Psalm 103:15-16
he blooms like a flower of the field;
Ecclesiastes 1:2
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”
Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun and have found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
Ecclesiastes 8:13
However, it will not go well with the wicked,
Ecclesiastes 12:8
“Absolute futility,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile.”