Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
exalted men, an illusion.
Weighed in the scales, they go up;
together they are less than a vapor.
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.
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
pour out your hearts before Him.
God is our refuge.
exalted men, an illusion.
Weighed in the scales, they go up;
together they are less than a vapor.
or false hope in robbery.
If wealth increases,
pay no attention to it.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 39:5
and my life span as nothing in Your sight.
Yes, every mortal man is only a vapor.
Isaiah 40:15
they are considered as a speck of dust in the scales;
He lifts up the islands like fine dust.
Isaiah 40:17
they are considered by Him
as nothingness and emptiness.
Psalm 39:11
consuming like a moth what is precious to him;
every man is only a vapor.
1 Samuel 18:5
David marched out with the army and was successful in everything Saul sent him to do. Saul put him in command of the soldiers, which pleased all the people and Saul’s servants as well.
1 Samuel 18:7
As they celebrated, the women sang:
but David his tens of thousands.
1 Samuel 18:21-26
“I’ll give her to him,” Saul thought. “She’ll be a trap for him, and the hand of the Philistines will be against him.”
1 Samuel 23:12
Then David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah hand me and my men over to Saul?”
“They will,”
1 Samuel 23:19-20
Some Ziphites
1 Samuel 26:21-25
Saul responded, “I have sinned.
2 Samuel 15:6
Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for a settlement. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
2 Samuel 15:31
Then someone reported to David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.”
“Lord,” David pleaded, “please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
Psalm 55:13-14
my companion and good friend!
Psalm 116:11
“Everyone is a liar.”
Psalm 118:9
than to trust in nobles.
Daniel 5:27
Matthew 21:9
Then the crowds who went ahead of Him and those who followed kept shouting:
He who comes in the name
of the Lord is the blessed One!
Hosanna in the highest heaven!
John 19:15
But they shouted, “Take Him away! Take Him away! Crucify Him!”
Pilate said to them, “Should I crucify your king?”
“We have no king but Caesar!” the chief priests answered.
Romans 3:4
Absolutely not!
and triumph when You judge.