Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
Have You created everyone for nothing?
New American Standard Bible
For what
King James Version
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
International Standard Version
Remember how short my lifetime is! How powerless have you created all human beings!
A Conservative Version
O remember how short my time is, for what vanity thou have created all the sons of men!
American Standard Version
Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!
Amplified
Remember how fleeting my lifetime is;
For what vanity, [for what emptiness, for what futility, for what wisp of smoke] You have created all the sons of men!
Bible in Basic English
See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose?
Darby Translation
Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?
Julia Smith Translation
Remember me what is life: wherefore in vain didst thou create all the sons of man?
King James 2000
Remember how short my time is: why have you made all men in vain?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Remember what my lifespan [is]. [Remember] for what vanity you have created all [the] children of humankind.
Modern King James verseion
Remember, I pray, how short my time is; why have You made all men in vain?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O remember how short my time is; hast thou made all men for nought?
NET Bible
Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal?
New Heart English Bible
Remember how short my time is. For what vanity have you created all the children of men.
The Emphasized Bible
Remember how short-lived, I, am, Wherefore, in vain, hast thou created all the sons of Adam?
Webster
Remember how short my time is: why hast thou made all men in vain?
World English Bible
Remember how short my time is! For what vanity have you created all the children of men!
Youngs Literal Translation
Remember, I pray Thee, what is life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?
Themes
Life » Uncertainty of physical » Only a handbreadth in extent
Life » Brief » Only a handbreadth in extent
natural Life » Described as » Short
Topics
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 89:47
Verse Info
Context Readings
Perplexity About God's Promises
46
Will Your anger keep burning like fire?
Have You created everyone for nothing?
Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?
Cross References
Job 7:7
My eye will never again see anything good.
Job 10:9
Will You now return me to dust?
Job 14:1
is short of days and full of trouble.
Job 9:25-26
they flee without seeing any good.
Psalm 39:5-6
and my life span as nothing in Your sight.
Yes, every mortal man is only a vapor.
Psalm 119:84
When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?
Psalm 144:4
his days are like a passing shadow.
James 4:14
You don’t even know what tomorrow will bring—what your life will be! For you are like smoke that appears for a little while, then vanishes.