Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
O Yahweh, what [is] humankind that you take knowledge of him, [or the] son of man that you take thought of him?
New American Standard Bible
Or the son of man, that You think of him?
King James Version
LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
Holman Bible
the son of man, that You think of him?
International Standard Version
LORD, what are human beings, that you should care about them, or mortal man, that you should think about him?
A Conservative Version
LORD, what is man, that thou take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that thou make account of him?
American Standard Version
Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that thou makest account of him?
Amplified
Lord, what is man that You take notice of him?
Or the son of man that You think of him?
Darby Translation
Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him, the son of man, that thou takest thought of him?
Julia Smith Translation
O Jehovah, what is man and thou wilt know him? the son of man, and thou wilt reckon him?
King James 2000
LORD, what is man, that you take knowledge of him! or the son of man, that you make account of him!
Modern King James verseion
O Jehovah, what is man that You take knowledge of him! Or the son of man, that You esteem him?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
LORD, what is man, that thou hast such respect unto him? Or the son of man, that thou so regardest him?
NET Bible
O Lord, of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should be concerned about them?
New Heart English Bible
LORD, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him?
The Emphasized Bible
O Yahweh! what is the earthborn, And yet thou hast acknowledged him, - the son of a mortal, And yet thou hast taken account of him:
Webster
LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
World English Bible
Yahweh, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him?
Youngs Literal Translation
Jehovah, what is man that Thou knowest him? Son of man, that Thou esteemest him?
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Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 144:3
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Context Readings
A King's Prayer
2 my loyal love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, and [one] in whom I take refuge, the one who subdues peoples under me. 3 O Yahweh, what [is] humankind that you take knowledge of him, [or the] son of man that you take thought of him? 4 Humankind is like a breath, his days like a passing shadow.
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Cross References
Psalm 8:4
what [is] a human being that you think of him? and a child of humankind that you care for him?
Hebrews 2:6
But someone testified somewhere, saying, "What is man, that you remember him, or the son of man, that you care for him?
Job 7:17
"What [is] a human being that you make him great and that {you fix your mind on him},
Job 15:14
"What [is] a human being, that he can be clean, or that [one] born of a woman can be righteous?
Psalm 146:3-4
Do not place trust in princes, in a son of humankind with whom there is no deliverance.