Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
In the
They are together lighter than breath.
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
exalted men, an illusion.
Weighed in the scales, they go up;
together they are less than a vapor.
International Standard Version
Human beings are a mere vapor, while people in high positions are not what they appear. When they are placed on the scales, they weigh nothing; even when weighed together, they are less than nothing.
A Conservative Version
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than vanity.
American Standard Version
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: In the balances they will go up; They are together lighter than vanity.
Amplified
Men of low degree are only a breath (emptiness), and men of [high] rank are a lie (delusion).
In the balances they go up [because they have no measurable weight or value];
They are together lighter than a breath.
Bible in Basic English
Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.
Darby Translation
Men of low degree are only vanity; men of high degree, a lie: laid in the balance, they go up together lighter than vanity.
Julia Smith Translation
Surely the sons of man vanity, the sons of man falsehood: to be brought up into the balances, they together of vanity.
King James 2000
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: if laid on the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Only a vapor [are] men of low degree, a deception [are] men of high degree. {Weighed} in a balance, together they [are lighter] than a vapor.
Modern King James verseion
Surely the sons of men are vanity; the sons of men are a lie; they go up in the scales; they are altogether lighter than vanity.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
As for men they are but vanity; the children of men are deceitful. Upon the weights they are altogether lighter than vanity itself.
NET Bible
Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air.
New Heart English Bible
Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.
The Emphasized Bible
Surely, vanity, are men of low degree, Deception, men of high degree, - In the balances, they go up, They, are made of vanity, altogether.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.
Youngs Literal Translation
Only -- vanity are the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity are lighter.
Themes
Emptiness » Emptiness or vanity of the worldly life (ps 3911; 629)
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 62:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Trust In God Alone
8
God is a refuge for us. Selah.
In the
They are together lighter than breath.
And do not
If riches increase,
Names
Cross References
Psalm 39:5
And my
Surely every man
Isaiah 40:15
And are regarded as a speck of
Behold, He lifts up the
Isaiah 40:17
They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and
Psalm 39:11
You
Surely
1 Samuel 18:5
So David went out wherever Saul sent him, and
1 Samuel 18:7
The women
“
1 Samuel 18:21-26
Saul thought, “I will give her to him that she may become a snare to him, and
1 Samuel 23:12
Then David said, “Will the men of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” And the Lord said, “
1 Samuel 23:19-20
Then
1 Samuel 26:21-25
Then Saul said, “
2 Samuel 15:6
In this manner Absalom dealt with all Israel who came to the king for judgment;
2 Samuel 15:31
Now someone told David, saying, “
Psalm 55:13-14
My
Psalm 116:11
“
Psalm 118:9
Than to trust in princes.
Daniel 5:27
‘TEKĒL’—you have been
Matthew 21:9
The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting,
“Hosanna to the
Hosanna
John 19:15
So they cried out, “
Romans 3:4
“
And prevail when You