Verse List for PSA 39:6

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OET (OET-RV) Surely every person walks around like a shadow. ⇔ Surely everyone hurries about to accumulate riches although they don’t know who’ll inherit them.

OET-LV [fn] only in_(the)_image he _goes _about a _person only vanity people_are _in _turmoil he _heaps _up and_not he _knows who will _of_be_gathering _them.

ULT Surely a man walks about as an image; ⇔  surely they make an uproar for vapor. ⇔ He heaps up and does not know ⇔  who will be gathering them.

UST Truly, each person does not do anything more substantial than a shadow would do. ⇔  Truly, people become agitated about things that do not matter. ⇔ They pile up wealth, but they do not know ⇔  who will get it after they die.

BSB & MSB Surely every man goes about like a phantom; ⇔  surely he bustles in vain; ⇔ he heaps up [riches] ⇔  not knowing who will haul them away.

OEB it is but in mere semblance we walk to and fro, ⇔ and all our noise is for nothing. ⇔  We heap up, and know not who will gather.’

WEBBE & WMBB “Surely every man walks like a shadow. ⇔  Surely they busy themselves in vain. ⇔  He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.

NET Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. ⇔ Surely they accumulate worthless wealth ⇔ without knowing who will eventually haul it away.”

LSV Only, each habitually walks in an image,
Only, [in] vain, they are disquieted,
He heaps up and does not know who gathers them.

FBV Human beings are just shadows walking around. They pointlessly rush through life, trying to pile up possessions without knowing who will get them.

T4T Then we disappear like a shadow does. ⇔  It seems that all that we do is for nothing/useless. ⇔  We sometimes get a lot of money, but we do not know who will get it after we die.

LEB • Surely a man walks about as a mere shadow ;[fn]
• surely in vain they bustle about.
• He heaps up possessions but does not know who will gather them in.

BBE Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.

Moff Man’s busy life indeed is but a phantom, ⇔  making an empty ado, ⇔ amassing wealth and knowing not ⇔  who is to have his hoard.

JPS (39-7) Surely man walketh as a mere semblance; surely for vanity they are in turmoil; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

ASV Surely every man walketh in a vain show; ⇔ Surely they are disquieted in vain: ⇔ He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

DRA Thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, O Lord my God: and in thy thoughts there is no one like to thee. I have declared and I have spoken they are multiplied above number.

YLT Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, [in] vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.

Drby Verily, man walketh in a vain show; verily they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.

RV Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
(Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth/knows not who shall gather them.)

SLT Surely in a shadow a man will go about: surely they will be disquieted in vain: he will store up, and he knew not who shall gather them.

Wbstr Surely every man walketh in a vain show: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches , and knoweth not who shall gather them.

KJB-1769 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.[fn]
(Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth/knows not who shall gather them.)

KJB-1611 Surely euery man walketh in [fn]a vaine shew: surely they are disquieted in vaine: he heapeth vp riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

Bshps Truely man walketh in a vayne shadowe, truely he and all his do disquiet them selues in vayne: he heapeth vp riches, & can not tel who shal vse them.
(Truly man walketh in a vain shadowe, truly he and all his do disquiet themselves in vain: he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall use them.)

Gnva Doubtlesse man walketh in a shadowe, and disquieteth himselfe in vaine: he heapeth vp riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.
(Doubtless man walketh in a shadowe, and disquieteth himself in vain: he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.)

Cvdl Beholde, thou hast made my dayes a spanne longe, and my life is as it were nothinge before the. O how vayne are all men lyuynge?
(Behold, thou/you hast made my days a span long, and my life is as it were nothing before them. Oh how vain are all men living?)

Wycl Mi Lord God, thou hast maad thi merueils manye; and in thi thouytis noon is, that is lijk thee. I teld, and Y spak; and thei ben multiplied aboue noumbre.
(My Lord God, thou/you hast made thy/your marvels manye; and in thy/your thoughts noon is, that is like thee/you. I teld, and I spake; and they been multiplied above number.)

Luth Siehe, meine Tage sind einer Hand breit bei dir, und mein Leben ist wie nichts vor dir. Wie gar nichts sind alle Menschen, die doch so sicher leben! Sela.
(See/Look, my days are one/a hand broad/wide at/in you/to_you(sg), and my life is as/like nothing before/in_front_of you/to_you(sg). How even nothing are all people, the though/but so secure life! Sela.)

ClVg Multa fecisti tu, Domine Deus meus, mirabilia tua; et cogitationibus tuis non est qui similis sit tibi. Annuntiavi et locutus sum: multiplicati sunt super numerum.[fn]
(Many you_did you(sg), Master God mine, wonderful_things your; and thoughts yours not/no it_is who/which similar be to_you. Annuntiavi and spoke sum: multiplied are over the_number.)

UHB 7 אַךְ־בְּ⁠צֶ֤לֶם ׀ יִֽתְהַלֶּךְ־אִ֗ישׁ אַךְ־הֶ֥בֶל יֶהֱמָי֑וּ⁠ן יִ֝צְבֹּ֗ר וְֽ⁠לֹא־יֵדַ֥ע מִי־אֹסְפָֽ⁠ם׃ ‡

BrLXX Πολλὰ ἐποίησας σὺ Κύριε ὁ Θεός μου τὰ θαυμάσιά σου, καὶ τοῖς διαλογισμοῖς σου οὐκ ἔστι τίς ὁμοιωθήσεταί σοι· ἀπήγγειλα καὶ ἐλάλησα, ἐπληθύνθησαν ὑπὲρ ἀριθμόν.

BrTr O Lord my God, thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, and in thy thoughts there is none who shall be likened to thee: I declared and spoke of them: they exceeded number.