Psalm 39:5
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Age Altogether Best Breath Estate Few Handbreadth Hand-Breadth Hand's High Lifetime Measure Mere Selah Sight Span Stands State Surely Vanity Verily
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Age Altogether Best Breath Estate Few Handbreadth Hand-Breadth Hand's High Lifetime Measure Mere Selah Sight Span Stands State Surely Vanity Verily
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English Standard Version
Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah

New American Standard Bible
"Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight; Surely every man at his best is a mere breath. Selah.

King James Bible
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You, indeed, have made my days short in length, and my life span as nothing in Your sight. Yes, every mortal man is only a vapor. Selah "

International Standard Version
Look, you have made my life span fit in your hand; It is nothing compared to yours. Surely every person at their best is a puff of wind. Interlude

NET Bible
Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Behold, you have given me my days by a measure, and my delay is as nothing before you, because all the children of men abide as a vapor.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Indeed, you have made the length of my days [only] a few inches. My life span is nothing compared to yours. Certainly, everyone alive is like a whisper in the wind. [Selah]

King James 2000 Bible
Behold, you have made my days as a handbreadth; and my age is as nothing before you: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

American King James Version
Behold, you have made my days as an handbreadth; and my age is as nothing before you: truly every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

American Standard Version
Behold, thou hast made my days as handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah

Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold thou hast made my days measurable : and my substance is as nothing before thee. And indeed all things are vanity : every man living.

Darby Bible Translation
Behold, thou hast made my days as hand-breadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before thee; verily, every man, even the high placed, is altogether vanity. Selah.

English Revised Version
Behold, thou hast made my days as handbreadths; and mine age is as nothing before thee: surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah

Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, thou hast made my days as a hand-breadth; and my age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

World English Bible
Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath." Selah.

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age is as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity is every man set up. Selah.
Lexicon
Behold thou hast made
nathan  (naw-than')
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
my days
yowm  (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
as an handbreadth
tephach  (tay'-fakh)
a spread of the hand, i.e. a palm-breadth (not span of the fingers); architecturally, a corbel (as a supporting palm) -- coping, hand-breadth.
and mine age
cheled  (kheh'-led)
life (as a fleeting portion of time); hence, the world (as transient) -- age, short time, world.
is as nothing before thee verily every
kol  (kole)
the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
man
'adam  (aw-dawm')
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) -- another, + hypocrite, + common sort, low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
at his best state
natsab  (naw-tsab')
to station, in various applications
is altogether
kol  (kole)
the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
vanity
hebel  (heh'bel)
emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb -- altogether, vain, vanity.
Selah
celah  (seh'-law)
suspension (of music), i.e. pause -- Selah.
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